Nein. There is always a way. [He knows better than anyone that they can't save everyone. The Omnic Crisis taught him that. But even one person saved was something. He can't just abandon them.] They could have brought them here. Moved them somewhere else. Men. Women. Innocent children. They are down there frozen.

[He looks at that hand, and he knows if he could, he would take those lives and shoulder then, just as suggested..] A long time ago, I made a vow. I promised to be a shield. To protect those that needed protecting. If I must, I'll find a way back to that place by myself. I won't abandon them. I might not be able to play that dragon, but if I can get even one person out, just one, then that's one more life spared. [His smile is tired but warm.] Carrying them... it's an honor, not a burden.