It serves as a response to both: he believes it, and he speaks from experience. He leaves it at that for a minute, soaking in the scenery as it slips past, letting the steady thrum of the stereo fill in the gaps.
"Coming to this world is kind of like getting to start over. You're not defined by what happened before. Like...my parents had my whole future planned out for me. It didn't matter what I wanted, they didn't care." His fingers tense around the steering wheel. "But now, I get to choose."
Chris can choose too. Hadn't he said he thought he was dead back in his world? He thought he'd screwed everything up. It's hard, hauling around mistakes you can't go back and fix. For months, Wilhelm had mourned how everything broke between him and Simon. He wallowed in daydreams about what he would say to him if he ever saw him again. A shattered heart isn't the same as a shattered life, but...even if Chris has nothing to return to, he could find something here.
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It serves as a response to both: he believes it, and he speaks from experience. He leaves it at that for a minute, soaking in the scenery as it slips past, letting the steady thrum of the stereo fill in the gaps.
"Coming to this world is kind of like getting to start over. You're not defined by what happened before. Like...my parents had my whole future planned out for me. It didn't matter what I wanted, they didn't care." His fingers tense around the steering wheel. "But now, I get to choose."
Chris can choose too. Hadn't he said he thought he was dead back in his world? He thought he'd screwed everything up. It's hard, hauling around mistakes you can't go back and fix. For months, Wilhelm had mourned how everything broke between him and Simon. He wallowed in daydreams about what he would say to him if he ever saw him again. A shattered heart isn't the same as a shattered life, but...even if Chris has nothing to return to, he could find something here.