[Flashback to that time in the Core, and Ion would have disagreed with him. We're the same... but was that really true? They're both replicas of the original Ion, but they're also different people. Sync is just Sync. It's only thanks to his time in Luceti that he's really begun to understand what that means. It may not be exactly what Sync is saying here now, but...]

[There's a weighty pause before he replies.]

You don't know how long you're going to be here. Things can change. This will change.

[That was the nature of Luceti, after all.]

I know you don't want to accept my help. But if you ever change your mind, my offer still stands.