"It's....gone, yeah. At least, that's what they said."

He looks away for a moment. This line of conversation is more than he bargained for, but at least he's been awake for a while, with time to get used to everything. What kind of guy would he be if he bailed when it got heavy?

"I don't know if that means forever, though," he added a moment later. "You probably won't believe me, but I've been to worlds that had fallen to darkness before. Everyone who lived there was lost. But eventually, they were able to be saved. Maybe your world could be restored, too."