[ Gaelio is quiet for a long time, watching. If he recalls McGillis, the years they spent together, the tells and signs he spent years dissecting after it was too little, too late... he thinks there is at least some truth in it.

Maybe he has forgotten. Maybe this is McGillis from another time. If it is, Gaelio wonders how much McGillis has already pieced together.

Gaelio glances to the ground between them. There is something distant, sad in the lines of his expression as he lifts his gaze again. ] Yes. The Alaya-Vijnana saved me. And you were the one that told me that 'value' serves an ulterior purpose.

[ Gaelio's smile widens, for all the sorrow remains. ] It's been five years for me since I've seen you, McGillis. A lot happened.