They don't want us to panic. They want us to be desperate enough to stay. [They were smart, he'll give them that much.] The part about if we did go home, there's nothing and no one to go home to.

[The twist of his stomach at repeating the information was something he wanted to think about later, but Aya couldn't help the muscles that moved as he clenched his jaw, or the uneasy swallow.] Telling us the future is bleak would give us more incentive to stick around. [He looked to Vash with a small, wry smile. It did not meet his eyes.] Who wants to go back to nothing?