That was it, the strength of his conviction that had allegedly allowed Daniel the capability to Ascend with the Others' help, accepting he was worthy, opening himself to the fact that his own failings were not all that he wad done, that all the times he had tried and labored and negotiated without result were not the sum of who he was. Julian means well, he knows it, but despite the Ancients' confirmation - or perhaps because of it - Daniel knows he is beyond simply accepting that he is worthy of much of anything.

He says nothing about any of it. The technicalities of their situation are more important, and less densely complicated than philosophical discussions about success, failure, and the hypothetical weight of the human soul.

"I don't know," Daniel says truthfully. "We can go further in, maybe, see if anything comes of it. It's...entirely possible that there's nothing after us at all, just a, a dream-specific emotional response to the setting."