"Like -- the big things, the really important things, that affect the whole world? They don't come around that often. Like, whole generations can live in between them, and, and they can just ... go about their lives. Be the biggest thing in their own lives."

He's frowning down at his knees, working hard at coming up with the right words. "And you don't even necessarily see the larger scale, unless ... unless you get called on to serve something greater."