I also hope so. It is what I most dearly wish for.

[The question of the Null is a different one, and he is silent again for some time before answering.]

I would wish that we could live together peacefully, as we once did. It is not in my nature to wish death upon anyone, especially after coming so close to it so many times. But I don't know how that could happen, and I know that none of my companions agree. Pragmatically, we must find a way to escape them for good or we must destroy them.