[It doesn't take Billy as long to respond this time, which is... progress? He'll call it progress. 'A lack of restraint' is too negative for his self-worth right now.]
After that... I thought- no, I knew I couldn't just hide in the medic tent and pretend it was safe. When we were brought back, it was- it was days before. The battle hadn't even started. I don't know how- I don't know how it works, but- time travel, right?
[He laughs faintly, a pathetic sound that has no humour, but the attempt is there. It's short-lived. Nothing's funny about time travel anymore.]
We only had three days... and if we failed again, we'd die for real. No going back, not even after a week. I had to fight. There wasn't a choice anymore. I thought I could do it. That I'd be strong enough somehow. I had to get home, right? I had to come home to you...
[He couldn't so much as think about there being another option. Dying was unthinkable- all he'd had to consider was Teddy's expression if he was told.]
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After that... I thought- no, I knew I couldn't just hide in the medic tent and pretend it was safe. When we were brought back, it was- it was days before. The battle hadn't even started. I don't know how- I don't know how it works, but- time travel, right?
[He laughs faintly, a pathetic sound that has no humour, but the attempt is there. It's short-lived. Nothing's funny about time travel anymore.]
We only had three days... and if we failed again, we'd die for real. No going back, not even after a week. I had to fight. There wasn't a choice anymore. I thought I could do it. That I'd be strong enough somehow. I had to get home, right? I had to come home to you...
[He couldn't so much as think about there being another option. Dying was unthinkable- all he'd had to consider was Teddy's expression if he was told.]