Well, she's not one of those.

No, I'm not. I'm -

And she swats him with what she's got.

Entities collect and record data from the lives of millions of host during each cycle, sifting through and recording the most important lessons. Stil, the memories of thousands of lifetimes in far more vivid detail than a host, much less a shard, remembers them, is enough to give him pause. 

Briefly.

YOU HAVE COLLECTED A LOT OF DATA.

I mostly got it from somebody else.

WHY ARE YOU HERE.

I had a magical accident but I don't know why or how it sent me to this world in particular.

I CANNOT SEE YOUR WORLD.

This is surprising! Scion can normally see all worlds.

Well, neither can I right now. Why were you going to destroy this one?

THE CYCLE REQUIRES IT.

The cycle is the processes by which his species spreads and searches for an answer on how they can escape the inevitable death that comes when resources run out.

It seems pretty wasteful to destroy a bunch of resources while you're working out how to deal with running out of them.

WE ONLY LEAVE WHEN WE HAVE LEARNED WHAT WE CAN.

This is tinged with bitterness and the knowledge that this doesn't apply to him - his part in the cycle is broken as his partner is dead. There's nothing for him here.

So what are you going to do instead?

A host told him that he'd be happier if he helped people, so he's trying that but it isn't working. If he could get his partner back he would but it's impossible - he can see the past but not in enough detail to retrieve his partner from it, not without far more energy than he has access to. Maybe he'll try something else later. Eventually he'll die he supposes - everything takes energy, and he can only harvest so much from these worlds as he absorbs the heat and sunlight from a thousand alternate Earths. It'll be a little longer now, her transmission of memories was large and the energy he absorbed while listening to it was substantial. But eventually he'll run out of energy anyways.

I DON'T KNOW, he transmits, conveying all of this. 

Well, please don't destroy the Earths, a bunch of people are using them.

I DON'T CARE.

The hosts aren't worth caring about, the only person who was worth caring about is gone.

You should though.

WHY?

Did you actually pay attention to the data I sent you? It's not noise, it's meaningful content.

IT WAS NOT VERY USEFUL, NO ONE WAS TRYING VERY HARD TO OPTIMIZE FOR CONFLICT.

You don't need conflict anymore.

WHAT ELSE IS THE POINT.

Different people have different points. I don't know what yours should be.

Scion broadcasts an intense pulse of grief - he knows what his point should be and she's gone now.

Yes, it's terrible to lose your mate.