[he's silent, at first, taking his time to work out what to say in response to that. he'd known, of course, just how different the man he knows here is in comparison to the one that those from home had warned him about. but hearing it from mick himself-- he needs a moment.]
You've got nothing to apologize for. You're not him anymore.
[because despite his own reservations, despite the fact he was the one to ask in the first place, he knows it's a point that needs to be made. the mick he knows here isn't the same person he knows he'll meet when he goes home. and while the idea of losing all that they have here hurts, he refuses to believe it'll be anything other than a temporary loss. the rogues are too important to him now.]
When I go back, I don't want to remember this place. [which isn't quite what he means to say. but a moment spent shifting around to settle down properly, and he continues.] I can't risk changing anything. So if I go back, I want to forget this place. Just until we're all from the same time again though.
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You've got nothing to apologize for. You're not him anymore.
[because despite his own reservations, despite the fact he was the one to ask in the first place, he knows it's a point that needs to be made. the mick he knows here isn't the same person he knows he'll meet when he goes home. and while the idea of losing all that they have here hurts, he refuses to believe it'll be anything other than a temporary loss. the rogues are too important to him now.]
When I go back, I don't want to remember this place. [which isn't quite what he means to say. but a moment spent shifting around to settle down properly, and he continues.] I can't risk changing anything. So if I go back, I want to forget this place. Just until we're all from the same time again though.