[ noah isn't sure what to say. this is different from the war fatigue and the sorrows that plagued the colonies. no one doubted their existence to fight, live and die. maybe they should have. noah certainly did. which is what made him strange to the others.

he squeezes his shoulders for a moment. ]

It is not the where that matters, but the when and how. You are here now. You still have music in your heart.

[ he pauses. ]

And I'll stay. For as long as I can.