"Not yet," he admits, already pained for causing that flash of heartbreak, even if the reality is beyond his control. "I'm certain there is... a lot to catch up on. But not yet."

Whatever his life has in store for him, he would like to be a little more steady before he learns it. He knows it will come up and he won't have Vex carry that burden by herself, trying to hold back things for his sake.

"You can't have been here very long yet." He would have noticed, or surely Vax would have said something.