It's a familiar sentiment, but not one he shares. Dirk can't go back to anything. It's just death and futility. Game over. But others have said it: they need to go back. They need to finish something.

Dirk is just finished. What he wants, more than anything, is to not return to that hell of hopeless eternal life.

"Genette's letter said that helping Qri is necessary to the survival of your home."

It's less of an argument than a quiet counterpoint, for Waver to give his own opinions on it.