"Nine million years of being alone are hard to overcome," he says softly, still holding to the communion as his emotions calm to that slightly painful but peaceful feeling that comes at the end of a hard cry.

The image makes his visor blink as surprise bubbles up inside him. "...Is that what... Tessera... was telling me?"

Tessera herself is silent now, her tiny being full of a feeling of :o at all the sadsad that's being communicated.