"It's dreadful. Humanity has lost its survival instinct. Some create excuses to set off pointlessly destructive conflict. Others are so sheltered they don't recognize danger under their noses." He broke eye contact and took a diagonal step forward so he could fiddle around with his console switches again.

"I wouldn't worry about whether or not you succeeded. With my help, you'll have access to every place and every time you've ever touched, or ever will touch. We might discover that your better world came about in part because I was able to restore your continuum by repairing the damage in the fabric of space-time that managed to annihilate you."