[Another nod, his eyes lowering a little as he recalled it.]
"Setsuna, you have to change. To make up for me, who didn't change."
I kept wishing to change the world. [All of them did... Those who were still alive after that horrible tragedy.] But, I was missing something... No, we can't change the world by just trying to stop something.
We had to change the world... By living on. With our own existence. [For the sake of the future, they shouldn't fight for the sake for dying. That wasn't it at all.]
Right now, you are alive as well. Even before I came here to Marina, you are alive. Just by that, living on, we all fight for our own existence.
Lockon Stratos... Thank you. [He lightly lowers his head for respect, it's a deep, thankful gesture. He's having a faint difficulty with his own words, but he's sincerely doing his best to extend them.] If it were not for you, everyone... I would not have come to realize this.
I can't change the past... But, I can change the future.