He pats the knight's shoulder, "With hope , and trust, and faith that while creation is indifferent to us, that which formed it, and us for we are a part of creation, loves us still. How else? " A smile, "August, you have much to ponder, but never lose track of that core truth, that you are loved and that there is good in this universe to strive for, but how we strive , the path we take, is not so important as the striving itself. If a seed falls to the ground thinking it is an apple only to rise to give fruit to peaches, is it any less giving to the hungry? if a ceder finds itself an Oak, is it's shade now worthless to the sun scorched? Search your heart and your conscience not with the frantic pace of a man whose world is crumbling around him, but rather with the wonder of a child who sees his world opening up in ways he never considered. "