For all he'd been adopted, Eleven was rather sure he was a natural-born human. At worst, Yggdrasil had given him form, but even the legends said his previous incarnation had been born to a human woman. The Arborians probably wouldn't have missed the chance to say the Luminary was born of Yggdrasil Herself if there had been any truth to it.

Eleven dismissed the line of thought in the wake of an aching sympathy for the man before him. His voice softened.

"I'm sorry," he offered, despite the futility of the phrase. "I hope there's something in this world that can offer you some solace."