[Ah.]

Isn't that what chance is? [a pause] We say fate is "cruel" or "kind"-- but that's not really true, is it? Life just is as it is.

There's no "why". You got a second chance. Some people don't. Does it really matter whether or not we asked for it? The only meaning in a second chance is how we spend that time. [his tone, always even, softens] It sounds like you spent it pretty well.

[And if some people see staying in Luceti as an extension of that second chance-- well, how can they be faulted for that?]