It was like learning that one had been diagnosed with a terminal illness; after the grief, one gave up on treatment and began to methodically arrange one's affairs.
"This is a great terror only Elves and giant dragons can understand. You have not witnessed such despair and cannot comprehend why we would act this way. But in truth, it is merely because you are too young."
"If one gives people hope, the day that hope is shattered can lead more easily to despair. Since the day of destruction is already destined, all we have done is to extend the limits of civilization as much as possible…"
"—So, of course, we would choose to split into two paths and flee from this place when this planet had already completely fallen into a countdown to doom, with no way back and no chances of luck."
