Genuinely, leaving to travel is Ike choosing his own needs and deservedly so. He's a two time war veteran in his early twenties and he can't go anywhere on the continent without being recognized. Going away w Soren is his retirement and he feels good about doing it bc everyone else he loves is happy

the internal collapse of [COMPANY NAME REDACTED] because all the unskilled, lazy program bros they hired (from the bottom of the ladder to the CEO himself) are shoveling slop into your system is probably the most poetic way for things to go down