We all have something to go back to. Why would we spend all this time fighting about how we should act as a team if we didn't really care? [The response itself is shortsighted, but with less of the heat than before. Nines' perspective really does make sense. It's exactly the point Shiro would make.

And ... he has something to go back to, too.]

It just ... all of this should matter more. [And more than that, so many people had been suspicious of ALASTAIR's intentions. Now they have less of a reason to be, right? They know exactly what's at stake. They experienced it first hand.

Right?]