It’s entirely true, and he’s glad she understands it so he doesn’t have to go through and explain it. He can’t put to words just how much it really means to him, to be a capable warrior, just how being a dragoon is more than just a job choice for him, it’s his life and legacy.

“It may… perhaps it’ll give us some idea of why and how we came to be here. Perhaps… and in time we’ll understand enough about the shards to deal with them, if at all possible.” Kain won’t take any ‘cure” for them unless he knows that it’ll work, of course, but if such a thing is possible eventually… he’ll be glad for it. “I think that’s what bothers me the most, sometimes… that there’s so much unknown…”