But that's the natural course anyway. And something new's going to sprout up in its place, that's just the way the world works. People, plants, animals, even cells all die to be replaced by new ones. Why not worlds. If it's natural, there's nothing terrible about it, who are we to say it shouldn't be?

It's not people who rule the world and get to make decisions for it, as much as we like to think so. That's all up to nature and the elements. Trust me on that, you learn a lot about it during a life at sea.