[ He's a little relieved when Viktor accepts the vial, and shakes his head with a crooked smile when he says he's still a ways off from traveling between worlds. He takes Viktor's hand in his own. ]
I know.
[ But, anything could happen to either of them. While in a cell he had time enough to wonder if he'd been too selfish in admitting his feelings and asking for this. The further they get from their time in that other future the less he worries about the ways they might clash and hurt each other, and more about how this all might just end, be it the Singularity's will or a misstep with their territories - both of them too far away to do anything.
He can push away those thoughts for now, though, and a teasing lilt returns to his voice as he takes a step closer: ]
I guess for now you can put it under a microscope and tell me how ordinary I am.
no subject
I know.
[ But, anything could happen to either of them. While in a cell he had time enough to wonder if he'd been too selfish in admitting his feelings and asking for this. The further they get from their time in that other future the less he worries about the ways they might clash and hurt each other, and more about how this all might just end, be it the Singularity's will or a misstep with their territories - both of them too far away to do anything.
He can push away those thoughts for now, though, and a teasing lilt returns to his voice as he takes a step closer: ]
I guess for now you can put it under a microscope and tell me how ordinary I am.