[ A pause hangs in the air before he answers. It isn't a topic he's discussed often. Though several know of his daughter—it's difficult to miss when people see them together, not necessarily in looks but behaviour—he hasn't spoken much of the gap that lies between them.

He wonders what it means for Claire, that she has a daughter of twenty-two but lost her husband some twenty years ago. She's right. It's impossible to predict what this world brings next. ]

I think it was more painful for her. [ Not that he doesn't feel a hollow of regret, knowing how much he missed, how much he wasn't there for. But he'll never forget the hurt on Ciri's face when he failed to recognize her. At least he has his memories of her now, and yet. There's still an absence. ] But we were separated back on our sphere, so...our reunion would have been similar.

[ No matter what, he'd have missed more of her years than he ever wanted. ]

Are you searching for a way home to her? Your daughter.