Where Anna tasted memories, Waver tasted the years he had wasted dreaming before learning that his idea was ultimately impossible. He looked up at the darkening sky, and in his mind's eye he saw Okeanos-- the ultimate impossibility of them all.

"You've mentioned that happening to other friends you had made in that city as well," he ventured, trying to imagine the grief, emptiness, and terror that must have struck.

"... That's my worst fear, you know. People I've met regarding me as a stranger. I'm sorry that keeps happening to you."