[Cid's expression turns gentle.]

You are one person. Even if you're correct, that some would be fine, any one person is ill equipped to handle the collective trauma of an entire universe.

The cycle of death and rebirth needs to be rebalanced, not to be tipped further out of alignment.

[His gaze turns to the water.]

There are people I miss with all my heart. One I love dearly. But I can't live in the past.