[There was nothing he could do more than a mere attempt to escape from that responsibility, then. At least he seemed to have accepted his role now, but she imagined that he's had a hard time doing that - she sure would, in his case.]

Accepting such a fate must have been hard on you. If it is for the good of the world... I guess would have come to terms with it eventually if I had to assume such a role. It would be... really overwhelming, though.

[Just Ai she suspected, he was younger, so his answer did not surprise her, but still left her curious.]

Why were you called earlier? Had something gone wrong in your world?