Used to be that disease, the stars, the air, none of it had an explanation. There was one, we just needed to advance enough to understand it.

( it's hard for him to stop wanting those answers, though the longer he's a part of this team, the less able he's able to hold onto it so rigidly. )

These days, though... I dunno. Maybe in other worlds, it's not so easy as that. Maybe not even in mine was it that simple.