“OUR CHANCES OF SUCCESS WERE ALWAYS EXTREMELY MINUTE. I FEEL THEY ARE EVEN SMALLER WITH MY BELOVED IN SUCH A POOR CONDITION, A CONDITION FROM WHICH HE IS LIKELY NEVER TO RECOVER. BUT MOREOVER, IT IS NOT MY SPECIES THAT IS THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION, DEAR CLEVER CREATURE. YOU ARE MY CONNECTION TO THIS CIVILIZATION. I DO NOT WANT TO REBUILD HUMAN CIVILIZATION WITHOUT YOU IN IT. YOU ARE MY CONDITION.”
