[It takes a moment for his mind to pick through where that line sounds so familiar -- that's right, he had said something similar to Nephry all those years ago on a cold winter night, just after Anise went home for the first time.]

...I can't say I've ever noticed it either. But I'm glad it isn't cloudy tonight. It's relaxing to look up at the night sky and see all the stars... even if they're not really there.

[He still remembers the black, starless skies of the "real" world outside the barrier. There was no comfort to be found in that sky at night.]