"Machine-spawn. This is Eramis, of no House, Echo-Bearer and Voice of Riis."

"I reach you from the outer edges of Sol, where I am departing this war-torn slum forever. That I leave my people under your blithe tyranny shall be another of my unavoidable regrets."

"The Echo believes I am still worthy. I've made so many compromises…. Can I truly say I am of old Riis?"

"Eido would have me stay, of course, using my new power to reclaim Scorn from the Darkness. But the Echo calls me home. Its song resonates through every drop of my being. It sounds like… gusts of Ether flowing through canyons. Roiling as clouds and condensing as dew."

"I shall build a new life with my family… and think of you no more."