Shen Yuan laughs, a little despairing. "Going through it," he mutters, and shakes his head. "Has anyone really ever arrived? If I have, it's not where I intended to go, when I--launched myself, that night. I'm not complaining, to be clear, I vastly prefer where I am now to where I thought I would end up, but I think it's just--a more pleasant road than I was on before."