... It was not easy, no.

There is no kindness to be found in Ultima Thule; 'tis but a collection of despair witnessed throughout the universe. Despair that is not so easily overcome, creating a number of obstacles that prevented us from our goal. Yet our fellow Scions... one by one, they had given up their lives so that we could press on.

This was yet another obstacle, and I had thought to do the same.