"Bleak...yeah, that's probably a better word for it." Sylvain winces. "I've seen someone who thought he didn't have anything left to live for, and as awful as that was? It still seems better than just...existing without having ever had something mean that much to you. Because at least he used to have something. He was able to snap out of it when he realized what he still had, he just...needed the right reminder."

Sylvain didn't actually intend to get serious in front of any of his new allies this early. He hasn't even had time to build up a reputation of general worthlessness to be shattering! But damn, this place is just depressing in the worst way possible.