[ Feeling his cheeks darken in hue, he clears his throat at the mad for me comment. He was definitely interested and invested, the phrasing is a little odd, as if he had nothing to fear from baring the raw components of his heart.

His face softens from a mild frown as she admits she was hurt and he wants to kick himself. ]

I was reacting too when I said that, I couldn't figure out why I would wait until before you were badly injured and panicking ... made sense. I suppose that was the push I needed? I'm sorry, I don't know; I can't explain something I haven't done. [ Sighing, he rubs the back of his head. ] I wasn't worried about anyone else getting trapped in this dimension, not really. I wanted them all here ...

But every time I thought about the Augur giving you that A5 list, it made me want to escape all the faster. I've done things I didn't want to so I can get my powers and abilities back, make a safe house and have extra squares to get back other people's things, all so I can protect us. Protect you, Jester, from bartering away pieces of yourself the same way. That was how it felt to me.

So I was ... surprised, when you said you had found someone else so fast.