"They are celestial bodies, perhaps debris from shattered planets of the past. As for its weaponization, I imagine it would be devastating if it were to collide with a planet, but how one could employ such an object for that deliberate purpose is beyond me. Many will be far too small upon impact to do any kind of damage." Much like the one she originally found her Signless in. Of course, she couldn't know that this same meteor the children had taken refuge in was the one remaining piece of the belt that had been used to destroy her planet, but there are a lot of things about those events she didn't know.

What really took her aback was the familiarity of Futomimi's tale. It could almost be her own, her Signless', any of those who followed alongside them. To witness the injustice inherent in the world around you, and rising against hopeless odds to change it...only to be ultimately unsuccessful. She knows that story all too well.

Her face weighed with empathy and memory as she placed a hand on his own. "And your fate was then sealed, I expect. The punishment dire beyond comprehension."