Ion, of course, knows the territory fairly well, too. That said, he leaves the leading to Asch and instead turns his company and his smile to Zelda. It's a bit harder to tell due to the expressive restrictions of the wireframe, but it's a bit more sympathetic.

"I'm sorry you had to come here under such circumstances," he says. "Auldrant...it really was beautiful." Even if they restored the worlds...it was fully probable that none of them would have this same chance again. The dead version of these worlds would likely be the only memory that any of them would be able to keep once things were said and done.