"A Sunbeam," D repeats gently as Manabu glances down at it.

The reluctance to adhere to a forced faction makes D thinks Manabu must be new before Manabu admits as much. Not that there aren't those who have been here a while who feel the same still, including him.

"It's a lot to take in," he says almost reassuringly. "Some people come from worlds and times which are not kind to them, or anyone else. They have chosen to never bring a world like that back, even if it means no one else has that opportunity either.

"Where you decide to stay depends on what you want in the end."