The answer I've found is the sort of thing that only furthers the conclusion that it would have been better if I were destroyed along with my world.

[And there's something in those words that he doesn't like very much, either, outside of the obvious; it's...a lot, and it's hideous, but overall it is what it is.]

...It isn't precisely related to anything the old man said to me, incidentally; that was harrowing, but nothing for you to be concerned about at this point.