"Yeah, I ain't either. Months on the train and most of our stops bein' worlds on the brink of collapse? Now, I'm not shamin' the cause and I gotta admit it helps to see 'em still standin' at the end. But I miss places like this."

He looks around. Not just the grotto but he misses worlds on at their medium. They didn't have to be idealistic. That was too much like Ego. No. Just an average world ranging from good-humor to badly-behaved.

"Remember you tellin' us evidence of some of them planets what got eaten bein' gone? You got any idea about how deep that goes?"