[Vincent considers that. It hits home a little too close. After all, Lucrecia had no normal life back home, and yet she had been given another chance here...]

I think I understand some of it. Perhaps they were... trying to make the most of their time here, even knowing that they might some day lose it.

[And a child brought into it, that too is a difficult thought. That recent experiment with binding people to worlds might have helped, but... it almost sounds to be too late.]

But that's unfortunate, that the promise was forgotten. This place has a way of affecting people after an extended time.