[ Though there's still something of a timer ticking down in Matt's brain, he can't resist the pull of the conversation. The ideas being teased at here are too potent, too dreadfully relevant. Roxana's question is, after all, nearly a mirror to the one the Regent had asked him at dinner: What do you believe that desire will mean for the lives of the current cosmos? Do you believe that some will be... hurt? ]

That would be unfair to them.

[ His voice is a little softer. For a moment, he seems to be looking through Roxana more than at her. ]

But it wouldn't be fair to let them go on like they are, either ... suffering, and rotting ... when they don't have to.