"It wasn't your fault," Skori said. "And besides, she saved your life. Organics aren't immune to cripplers, either."
"There's … nothing here for me, then," Aldrec said in a tone that seemed now vacant and dry. He held Mericlou's motionless body to his chest, and silently wept. "There's nothing for me here at all. It's time to go home."