[ His brows knit together. It's still there? Buried inside? What is it, precisely? This raises more questions than answers, but he's not certain now is the time to start digging. She looks tired, but...all right. Perhaps that's enough for now.

He lays his hand over hers. He doesn't know if the healing will be the same when he leaves. At present, it does feel better. But truth be told, he didn't come to be healed. He came because she asked. And because he wanted to see her. There aren't many he'd have entered the Horizon for. ]

I saw something afterwards. A shadow, and then—those places we discovered in the Horizon. [ He hesitates. ] I haven't asked the others. But I know they had visions, too.

[ What does it mean? Fuck if he knows. Perhaps Julie might, with how familiar she is with the Horizon. ]