[The turn of the conversation makes him outright scowl.]

That isn't what I want, and I know it isn't what you want either. It hurts, I know it does; I have been through the same emotions as well, having lost the way I did. And I had plenty of time to reflect upon it in the Crystal Tower, what felt like another eternity spent slowly trickling away.

[Hesitantly, Elidibus unwinds his arms, letting them fall to his sides. Letting go of the past is not Emet-Selch's strongest point, so to be told Amaurot is gone for good would naturally prompt that kind of threatened reaction. But if he can just coax him to move past it...]

I know we've been disappointed so many times before. But perhaps this time, with this many rejoinings...