We will; I might say that it's our duty. --Our duty to those who have left us behind. I'll say a prayer for them before I leave this place. [That's how Chibi always soothes his anxieties: with prayer, by reaching out to the Goddess even when She cannot hear him. At least someone, back home, was there to listen to his woes.]

[He smiles weakly; the thought, even, puts him more at peace.]

That comrade of yours who came back - you could ask him, as well. [He doubts it'll garner results, but maybe??]