"The universe will be a worse place without you in it." He can't say that for himself, not anymore; he has so little control over what he will become, what he will do.

"And that isn't even why I hate the idea so much, not really." The knight in him baulks at one less compassionate warrior, certainly; the rest of him just can't handle losing another friend.

Knowing they would part for good eventually was one thing; it surprises him, a little, how much worse this feels.