"It is a difficult world we live in now. There is suffering wherever you go - emptiness takes many forms."
The blank expression on his face didn't reflect the words, nor how he might have felt. He felt like there was only so much he could do; just take each day as it came, do what was commanded of him - the rest of it was, much like with the Horsemen, a waiting game.
"Everyone knows of the importance of moderation. To know and to do are rather different things." That was a concept these deifications knew, perhaps better than anyone else.
"I hope for change and a better world, before you receive your call." To do it by himself was perhaps hoping for too much, but with the End of Days looming, the smallest ripples in the pond was enough to be contented with.