"I don't know," he admits. "But it didn't stop everything from crashing down around them. Joseph lost John, and me, and he will probably lose Faith. He worked - so fucking hard to bring us all together. That was the whole point. And he lost us."

Jacob swallows hard, the realization hitting him hard, saddling him with weight across his shoulders.

"So no. Even if he survived and kept the Project - he'd just be a shell."