Gareth fell silent after Sophia's words. They promised that Gareth and Sophia would make it out alive, but something picked at Gareth's optimism and caused him to question the odds of their survival. He felt doomed to die because the tragedy obscured all of his hope, and it became difficult to see the light. To think he used to stress over finding himself a man to love. The issues that faced them now were graver than relationships, more perilous than the lives they led before. Others searched for glory, for treasures, but Gareth and his companions sought a way out, liberation from their trials, a heaven on the other side. Then he stressed over his own survival. If he didn't live, he'd never rise to better occupations or find out what love would even be like. Harker wondered what the morning would bring.