It is not my mind that concerns me. To hold onto the knowledge before my arrival, if I arrive, I know what it will wrought. That much I will say.

My absence has caused you pain, my friend.

[He does not move, and why would he? Also, he cannot ask forgiveness without the other knowing why. Through the years, he has shared much with Hardin, but at the last leg of his journey, of their journey, he kept silent that which was most important. But then, what he spoke now was the reason why.]