It was safer for her to stay in the 20th century than go back to the 18th. And at the time, I wasn't even sure if she could go through the same portal I did. Not everyone can, and so it wasn't an easy decision.

[ Claire lets out a quiet breath. ]

So, I went back to Jamie with Brianna's blessing, and now I'm here. Although a friend from my future arrived in the Free Cities, and apparently Bree can go through the portal; she's with Jamie right now.

[ And Claire's here, ten decades in the past, stuck and waiting. ]