[On a gut level, Thancred doesn't want to give even the slightest consideration to anything an ascian wants to do. But he isn't brash enough to follow through on that dismissive impulse. He's quiet for a moment, thinking, before he ultimately shakes his head.]

I sympathize with them. I honestly do. But the lives in any world belong to those who live them. It isn't up to us to decide they should be erased. As I told G'raha Tia, if I could save what remains of his timeline I would. It would go against everything I've fought for to do the opposite.