[ That sort of nihilism is not something that Rafa would have been able to understand in any circumstances, much less these ones. He acts as Vex turns to go, catching his arm by the elbow. ]

We are not dead. What kind of talk is that? We cannot afford to be dead. Our worlds, our people, are relying on what we do here and relying on us to win. We are soldiers.

[ Rafa says that with a kind of certainty. This is what he has always been. The peace he had briefly known in his own world seems far away, and while there's a part of him that feels tired because of that, he will do what he must. ]

Vex, this place is not the end.