[Even as he talks, Chibi begins to lay out his cloak on the ground, giving himself a place to settle against the dirt floor. Alcor is welcome to it, too, if he'd like!]

All civilizations are destined to end; it's just a matter of how. [A little sigh, as he knows that it applies to them, too.] There's no shortage of the raw materials for life here, so it's not like...

[Not like the Exodus that is in our history books-- But he pauses, and does not say that.] Not like they had that sort of reason to leave. But unless there's something concrete here, it may be one of those puzzles of this planet we never solve.

[Spoken like a man who does not like leaving a puzzle unsolved.]