[Tieria knew that feeling, and it hurt... deeply. He had wanted to give up, too. For him, that would have meant returning to Veda, or, during the time when he had been disconnected from it... well, he wasn't sure what happened to Innovades that were no longer connected to Veda when they died.
Now, though, he didn't really want to know. Back then, he had thought it was over. Things had changed.]
It is good to have the support of others.
[In a way, his teammates had drawn him out. He wasn't sure when things had really changed, it had been so gradual and smooth and just felt natural. They had become his family.]