...that isn't peace.

[ Dimitri responds, his mental tone softening a little. ]

I don't know what comes after death. But I do know that life is precious. And I think preserving that life is more valuable than ending it, no matter if it ends later. At one point in my life some might have argued it would have been better to kill me to end my suffering. To prevent a tragedy. I cannot countenance the idea of killing an entire world as a mercy.