He allows a nod of his head, heavy and calm. "I don't think I'm quite through all the timeline that I know exists for me, but I've been back," he agrees. He's still shy of this claim that Anne has made, that he has offered to go away with her to England.

He knows it is coming and he is girding himself for the very real possibility that he can see himself going. He has yet to tell any of his friends that, however.