[ He's quieter saying that. Somber. He's aware of what Carlisle was really asking, though, and clarifies - ]
Kaidan and Gilgamos are still around. Or were, when I left them.
[ He wonders, sometimes, how they're getting on in his absence. He intends to master time travel, of course, and return to the exact moment he left - he intends to be there for them, to help rebuild the world, after the Porter took him from it at such a precarious time - he would never abandon them for this long, not with so much left undone...
... Yet at other times, he wonders if, perhaps, everyone's doing just fine without his "help."
He tries not to wonder that too often. ]
We didn't find out about this until much later. Well after Jackson.
[ He tilts his head back, absently turning his eyes to the ceiling. ]
Looking at it now, I think... it was his way of trying to undo what happened there. That was the only thing he wanted, really. A do-over. [ Sighs heavily. ] Don't we all. But... some mistakes can't be unmade.
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[ He's quieter saying that. Somber. He's aware of what Carlisle was really asking, though, and clarifies - ]
Kaidan and Gilgamos are still around. Or were, when I left them.
[ He wonders, sometimes, how they're getting on in his absence. He intends to master time travel, of course, and return to the exact moment he left - he intends to be there for them, to help rebuild the world, after the Porter took him from it at such a precarious time - he would never abandon them for this long, not with so much left undone...
... Yet at other times, he wonders if, perhaps, everyone's doing just fine without his "help."
He tries not to wonder that too often. ]
We didn't find out about this until much later. Well after Jackson.
[ He tilts his head back, absently turning his eyes to the ceiling. ]
Looking at it now, I think... it was his way of trying to undo what happened there. That was the only thing he wanted, really. A do-over. [ Sighs heavily. ] Don't we all. But... some mistakes can't be unmade.