[He doesn't respond immediately, takes the time to carefully consider her questions. Suspicious-minded, which was wise in many cases.]
We do not know why, but it is thought that the danger we pose to them is cause enough. And they wanted nothing more from you than your death.
[As for the cost- what is there to tell her? Nothing that was not colored by his experience and his opinions. Being totally candid with his own view however was not always the best choice so early on. To warn them away too thoroughly would only make things more difficult for him in the end. And yet-]
It is easy to lose yourself. Whether that is your wish or not, only you can decide. As for that, it is doubtful. If you return, they will find you there. They will tear through your people and your world to find you. And if you manage to gain the ability to hide yourself from then I doubt you would wish to return.
[Eventually she would find that even if she could, she wouldn't return. Further cost. She had not died, but she wasn't who she had been. None of them were.]
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We do not know why, but it is thought that the danger we pose to them is cause enough. And they wanted nothing more from you than your death.
[As for the cost- what is there to tell her? Nothing that was not colored by his experience and his opinions. Being totally candid with his own view however was not always the best choice so early on. To warn them away too thoroughly would only make things more difficult for him in the end. And yet-]
It is easy to lose yourself. Whether that is your wish or not, only you can decide. As for that, it is doubtful. If you return, they will find you there. They will tear through your people and your world to find you. And if you manage to gain the ability to hide yourself from then I doubt you would wish to return.
[Eventually she would find that even if she could, she wouldn't return. Further cost. She had not died, but she wasn't who she had been. None of them were.]
What else do you wish to know?