[He takes a breath.]

Our lives are here.

[It's an addition, not a correction.]

Everything's here, and if we don't find what we might need here we won't, period, but...

[There's a shake of his head. The mission does come first. He hasn't lost sight of that, because all of Palaven is at stake. But personal wants and needs shouldn't all be ignored when they don't conflict with the mission. Having someone, that would make a person stronger. More able to deal with what's to come. He'd just wanted too much of that someone.]

I am too, Pilot. Guessing you've never made a mess like that.