You don't think how you feel about the part you both played in keeping the interconnected universes together is worth giving some real time to?

[Stephen's footsteps pause again in the background of the feed.]

Personally? I think that's valuable. I'm not the one who needs to know, not here and now, and maybe not ever. But if you ever wanted it--someone to hear it, to hear you--then I'd like to make the offer to listen sometime. Sincerely.