"Well, I was asked whether I would like to save our world. I could not very well say no, could I? But it was not exactly made clear what that, precisely, entailed. Though, given what's been revealed to me now, I believe I'd choose to stay, even were Etheirys not under threat."

That, it seemed, was a surprise to Gazimon. "Wait, what? Why? You were just talkin' about how much you missed your friends and wished they could be here with you- why wouldn't you go back home if you got the option?"

He smiled, a little. "It's something a... well, I suppose a mentor of a close friend used to say, before his passing. 'To ignore the plight of those we might conceivably save is not wisdom; it is indolence.' To abandon you and your people to your plight, even had I the option of doing so, would be no better than murder, in my mind."

Gazimon frowned.