I know, Robin-chan. [That he doesn't fight her at all is probably another scar of his time in Luceti - or maybe he's always been this pragmatic, and just forgot.] I lost Xion once already - and we knew there was no way to save her.

[He mutters to himself] Lost Vash, Ginko, Miyabi-chan...

[And others, to be sure. Their loved ones could only take consolation in death's revolving door, set up by Luceti.

But that's a little beside the point]

I know in this shitty place, they'll just come back. It doesn't feel like death. [--Even when it does, when it aches exactly like it]