[She nods, smiling reassuringly at Nariko.]

That's all I ask. It isn't their fault, whoever the greenhorn will be. I know...if I had a choice, I'd have Rich here. If any of us had that choice, I know that. But...let's not make whoever we get feel like they're the problem. They aren't. You know?

We keep going. Wherever he is, Richard St. Vier will be proud of us.