If there is no changing the scenery, then the least we can do is enjoy it.

[ however, given where they are...... ]

...Though I must agree. [ it is a ruinous landscape. ] Levity does not feel so appropriate, here.

[ he is not armed, but remains relaxed for the most part. in as much as anyone can be, somewhere so ominous. he glances around at the broken machinery, and looks like he's trying to pinpoint something. ]

Are you hearing what I am? It sounds like a distant lament.