[That's one of his biggest concerns. He doesn't want to return to Solmara; it was nothing but a series of ugly memories, for him and for most of the people stuck there. Well, people who weren't completely bought-in to Alrys' plans for the city. Max may hallucinate, but he certainly doesn't share those delusions of a city in such a poor state being revived by committing atrocities.]

Might be no helping it. If we're tethered to our cities by Echo. If Aurora can't control where we go.

[That being, whoever it is... they decide where they wind up. Stands to reason it may very well be possible that the AI can't do anything about it.]

... But there's nothing wrong with... mmm... With hoping. Trying.

[Even if they fail, they can do it in a way that they won't regret. And then, they hold their breaths, hope for the possibility of a better future for themselves, instead of being trapped in a place like that.]