[ Matt's mental presence warms as he recognizes Drizzt's. He's trying so hard not to give in to easy answers, but he can't help but feel stabilized by his certainty. ]

Then ... [ He feels like maybe he should wait and let others weigh in, but he is technically part of everyone. ] Well, the worst case scenario is we die, I think. For good.

And there'll be nothing left for anybody after us. Not even the energy we'd normally pass on so something new could grow. So we would be ... unique in the history of all that's ever existed, vis-a-vis fucking it up.