Really? [That hook nearly nets a grim follow up — so are you an orphan? Are families too much baggage in the new world order? But of course if the former is true then that's sticking fingers in wounds he has no right to poke at. If it's simply the way of things, then it just doesn't matter.]

It's a touch more poetic your way, I think. You get all the credit for your own doing. [He starts to resume the trek, inviting her along with a cavalier smile.] Of course if you fuck up there's no where for the blame to go but square on your head.