Now that, he already knew. He can't imagine he's the only one who was recently brought back from death. Perhaps people like him were a target because they might not want to try and go back home — to escape whatever it was that had killed them.

It would be a reasonable strategy. Thane has reasons to consider both options. If he returns his sickly body would not allow him to aid Shepard the way he used to, which was the whole reason he stayed in Huerta Memorial Hospital and opted to spend whatever time was left with Kolyat. But it's a very tempting choice to try and return to see how is son is doing. Since awakening here it's been all he could think about. The state of the war and how it will affect the only family he left behind. And if...a rather big if, he presumes, they were telling the truth about their allowance to return in a year...what could he be going back to in a whole year?

Thane's gaze had trailed off to the far side of the room for a moment as these thoughts flooded his mind. "I have seen an organization bring back the dead for their own purpose. This person went on to do extraordinary things, but the organization's intentions were less than pure. Playing god is never a good sign."

Not that he wants to dash anyone's hope of seeing a deceased loved one again.