I wouldn't really blame her--or you. You know, with this.
[Because it's a lot.
And from where the original Emma's standing, maybe if or when she gets back, she'll more daunted than not to find out she's supposedly going to be trapped here for years. That can't be pleasant, even if her future self isn't so bad. And it's sad, too. Sad in a strange way to think a final "goodbye" is coming right on the heels of a "hello." The entire idea of thinking he has a friend he's never met about to possibly take a very extended hike makes some of that prickly hedgehog armor of his retract as they shake.
He keeps on watching her, not sure what to make of her but regretting in a way that there's not more time to find out.]
Wish it wasn't my first time. Maybe you'd see something you recognize. [See something in him, that is, a sign between friends that he doesn't have the future memories to give.] But good to meet you... again.
[He adds what this Emma needs to hear for her own sake:]
I might not know everything about what's going on, but the people around here are pretty tough. If there's a way to change what happened to you, it'll happen. They'll be fine. And I'll be fine.
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[Because it's a lot.
And from where the original Emma's standing, maybe if or when she gets back, she'll more daunted than not to find out she's supposedly going to be trapped here for years. That can't be pleasant, even if her future self isn't so bad. And it's sad, too. Sad in a strange way to think a final "goodbye" is coming right on the heels of a "hello." The entire idea of thinking he has a friend he's never met about to possibly take a very extended hike makes some of that prickly hedgehog armor of his retract as they shake.
He keeps on watching her, not sure what to make of her but regretting in a way that there's not more time to find out.]
Wish it wasn't my first time. Maybe you'd see something you recognize. [See something in him, that is, a sign between friends that he doesn't have the future memories to give.] But good to meet you... again.
[He adds what this Emma needs to hear for her own sake:]
I might not know everything about what's going on, but the people around here are pretty tough. If there's a way to change what happened to you, it'll happen. They'll be fine. And I'll be fine.