Because if no one really cares for you at all, do you even exist?

“The surface of the pond was green with fallen leaves. "How could you have been …”

“All my life, since I came to the Institute, you were the mirror of my soul. I s…”

“Simon looked from one of them to the other, and shook his head. “ When did you …”

“Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.”