[He smiles, almost as if "worthless" were a compliment rather than an insult.]

It's a rotten place. It should have been put out of its misery a long time ago. ["Worthless" was right. In fact, it was only the start of it.] If it's really gone like they say, then those aliens have done me a big favor.

[That wasn't to say that he liked it here, though. And actually, that wasn't to say that he was quite satisfied with his world's fate, either. It felt like— unfinished business, maybe.]