Gen didn't really want to bring her down with darker thoughts, but it seemed this conversation had gone in this direction all the same. His hands tucked into his sleeves as he bit his lip a little, like he was thinking it all through. As if it took effort to come to this conclusion, and he hadn't thought of it right away.

"That sounds ... rather dire, if you forgive me for saying so, the way you say that," Gen shivered a little. "Like it's the last thing they'd ever do."