[It certainly wasn't just Crow that Rean had in mind when he said that. As far as Rean was concerned, his own future was a huge blank. Nothing he could really offer to anyone.]

...it's not like I haven't thought about it. I did... even before things ended up this way. But I never did come up with an answer.

[Because even if he put aside his problems-- which was hard enough to do on it's own. He couldn't really stop thinking about other people's problems either. He tugs at the bond-- but it holds tight.]

That should be good.