hold me while we wait for the world to end

What do they have if not faith?  If not hope?  His chuckle echoes the empty clearing, and he feels like the tree again. Do happy moments exist if no one is there to witness them?  Centuries ago, he thinks, it was Clarke who voiced these doubts. They were in Arkadia, in what was left of the Ark, and it was the two of them deciding the fate of humanity. They didn’t know how important it would be, the wars it would cause, not at the time. They were preparing for the end, but aren't they always?---or, after securing sanctum, bellamy tries to find hope again.