Hey, so long as there's still something left to try, there's always a little bit of hope. Little goes a surprisingly long way, for that matter.

Something like this happened where I grew up, too. Just... [He makes a sweeping gesture with one hand.] Wiped everything out, all in an instant. Seems there's still a bit of hope left in the people who survived it, though. They've been restoring it for the past year or so. I dunno if it'll ever be like it was, but... maybe it's enough for it to be like it is. So long as it still, you know... is.

[Radiant Garden still exists, and its people still exist, and in the end, shouldn't that be enough?]