[With Waver's forceful declaration, the illusion started to disintegrate into the very same dust that covered every surface of the library-- but, not without a few parting words:]

"You'll see that it does matter one day, you ungrateful whelp. And, upon that day, you'll come crawling back to Sanctuary and you'll find that nothing has changed..."

[And with that he was gone. Adrenaline spent, Waver sagged onto the ground and buried his head in his hands.]

....Sorry, [he murmured, voice cracking,] you didn't need to see that.