It seemed the man wanted to cling onto the idea that his death would have meaning. The drifter couldn't blame him for that, even if he thought it was foolish.

(As if he didn't also want a meaningful death. To die in the name of atonement, slain by someone who rightfully deserved vengeance.)

"What doesn't make sense is your willful disregard of the possibility that this might just be a freak accident, and that there truly is no reason we were brought here," the drifter shoots back. "But feel free to cling onto your pathetic belief if that helps you sleep at night. Must be nice, thinking you're some kind of protagonist where everything that happens to you must have meaning."