[ he can tell there's more to follow her statement, when she leads with i've been thinking. claire strikes him as one of those people who - once her mind is settled - there is nothing that will stand in her way. he shifts a bit where he is, settling in to listen - and it does appear she's right.

the i've been here for long enough is what has sam finally nodding. he understands the feeling, the urgency that sometimes grips him. ]

That's the issue, isn't it? The first summoning we came through because Ambrose thought us powerful heroes that could help this world. It was in great peril, and we were the only ones to help it. [ sam lets out a breath, shakes his head, rubs at the back of his neck. ] What it was - is - causing that peril is what's up for debate. Since we arrived the Singularity's been going off, but is that because we're here or were we brought here to help it? The Cities are enlisting anyone who shows up, so is that because they just need numbers in their army against Thorne? There are theories around that the Singularity's the center of pretty much every universe, that its energy is what connects it all together. Are we here because the Singularity needs us? And the people that live here just happen to live in the most dangerous place in the universe? And that's not even broaching the whole gods situation.

[ there's a beat here, and then sam lets out a breath. forces himself to loosen a bit of that tension that had started to climb up his shoulders. ]

Sorry- if you can't tell, I've also been thinking about it.