“..Yes,” he says after a beat, head tipping in a lingering puzzlement. “How strange it still is to think of- that the Void serves as a bridge to other worlds, to find ourselves reborn here..”

Eleven trails off, thoughtful, then comes back to the present with another sheepish smile.

“I’ve kept you. Ah- but if I could ask one more thing: is it possible to save those lost to the K-ken-” he flushes, not quite recalling the word. “Er- darkness that took them?”