[Three others. Redemption. Hank isn't certain, not remotely, but he has... a guess. Who one of them might be. But as all-consuming as Arid might find her need to make amends, it's not what he'd asked after.]

...

You really don't do anything by halves.

[Arid had never given up. She'd been willing to shut down his entire facility to save a single human, and it's not surprising to find her just as devoted to new goals. Baffling, maybe, that her survival isn't one of them.

Doesn't matter.]

You know I'll help if I'm able.

But Arid?

Just because you've 'accepted' dying? Doesn't mean your friends are going to stand by.

[He isn't. And he's willing to bet he's not alone.]