"Not such a silly thing to wonder," he answers, because people and gods and everything in between are nearly drowning in their fears and insecurities. He'd be surprised if she wasn't wondering something like that, even with him having just disappeared. Upheaval makes people afraid.

"Think you'll find you don't have to worry about it in the long run," he continues. "People aren't all such pieces of shit that babies will throw 'em off all that much."

He might be one of them, but only out of self-preservation. Sweeney can't stomach the thought of getting attached to another child and then watching them die.