[ Claude's thoughtfulness in the conversation is noted, and her thumb moves around the rim of her teacup as she thinks and listens to him. She understands as much as she's able to, but the heart of it all, that she gets. ]

Then being here must be a two-sided coin. It isn't home, but it is time.

[ Time for things that may not be possible outside of Abraxas, time not to take for granted. ]

I spent so much of mine with Jamie trying to stop what was going to happen, and I wish we hadn't, that we'd tried to have at least a year of quiet.

[ There was no avoiding Culloden, and they could have gotten through Jamie's torture and the loss of Faith with more of their souls intact, maybe. ]

You three have something here that seems special and somewhat rare. I hope you never lose sight of it.

[ Claire offers a soft smile, unable to help giving a piece of motherly advice. Trying to break the melancholy, she scoffs. ]

I sounded very much like an old lady then, didn't I?