I can't fix it. The earth here is ruined. It's hard to explain.

[He nods]

That's why the word follows me everywhere in Paradisa. Why it's my loss, you know? I'm not allowed to escape it, because it's a message. Or a reminder or...something.

[He clears his throat, reciting the words carefully, if not with some reverence ] Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.