[ He doesn't know if Azem is asking how the rest of the stars in the vast emptiness of space had perished, or if they're asking how Meteion and her sisters caused the end of the world. ]

I don't know how or why but ours is the only living star left. Meteion and her flock took upon themselves the despair and grief of all the dying civilisations they encountered. After hearing this, I told Hermes that I wished to take her back to Amaurot with me for further questioning and examination. He refused, fled with her to the top of one of Elpis' testing facilities. Myself, Hythlodaeus, Venat, and Rhea'li pursued him but 'twas there that Meteion finally revealed her sisters' plan for our star.

[ Here comes the difficult part: his overlaid hands clench into a single fist. ]

They would wield the grief and despair gathered from the many hundreds and thousands of civilisations and bring an end to all life. Their reasoning being that if to live is to suffer then the only way to end suffering is to end life itself. Of course we wanted to stop her, but Hermes stalled us and allowed her to flee back to her sisters' nest, then used the-- the system which wipes the memories of creations to wipe ours. His own included. He declared it a test of mankind's right to exist.