"That... is not what I meant," he said, shaking his head slowly. "I thought I was done with change--that's the one thing that has set apart my time here. Nothing changes. Where in my life... it's been turned on its head more times than I can count by a moment, a word."

A dream.

"The realities of that new world weren't a snap. Maybe you'll understand, one day. If you find your parents. Though I hope, for your sake, that path is different for you than for me."