"But you're not," Daniel points out gently. "Right now? You're not."

His manifestation's head goes to one side. He wants to express compassion for the stubborn being, but he doesn't know how. Rashad is probably simply clinging to the one thing that makes any sense to him in a world twisted beyond his recognition.

"Because the greater picture is relative," he continues, and begins moving the steps of his projection forward again, steady and unrelenting. "And there's no universal way of looking at it. Can't you see that?"