"And we're still here." They hurt too much to believe they might not be here. That either means the spirits were wrong about only the dead existing on a dead world, or killing the World Eater didn't bring the world back from the brink.

They have no idea what that means. And they're... not going to think about it right now, or they think they might not do anything else.

Instead, they grope behind them for the tree they'd leaned on before, and start levering themselves to their feet once they find it.