"But they're not going back home either." That's the common thing. Sure, they went home, but they weren't really home either. Inigo might have bounced out of his world as quickly as he could, staying away from anyone he knew, but he's heard enough stories of people from other worlds by now to know that most people don't even notice them in other worlds unless you really try to make them notice you.
And from the information the ministry gave them - well, it didn't exactly sound like it was as simple as those people being returned to their bodies.
"Sure, we're not there yet in our current state. But I feel that's just because the train is still here, or.." He pauses and frowns, looking down before glancing across the platform again. "Well, because it still seems stuck on this platform."
It feels like that's what's keeping what remains of their tether in place. And while Inigo thinks it's entirely possible that it's what's keeping the train here too, there's no saying what would happen if the train did manage to leave. It does feel like it'd have to cut something between them for that to happen.
"It always sounded like those people's tethers were lost. Ours will be as well if the train manages to separate itself from us as we are now." Trust him, Jingyi, he's not saying this stuff on purpose! He'd rather not be thinking about this either, but it's really hard for his thoughts to not go there when it's quite literally a moment-to-moment risk in their current scenario!
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And from the information the ministry gave them - well, it didn't exactly sound like it was as simple as those people being returned to their bodies.
"Sure, we're not there yet in our current state. But I feel that's just because the train is still here, or.." He pauses and frowns, looking down before glancing across the platform again. "Well, because it still seems stuck on this platform."
It feels like that's what's keeping what remains of their tether in place. And while Inigo thinks it's entirely possible that it's what's keeping the train here too, there's no saying what would happen if the train did manage to leave. It does feel like it'd have to cut something between them for that to happen.
"It always sounded like those people's tethers were lost. Ours will be as well if the train manages to separate itself from us as we are now." Trust him, Jingyi, he's not saying this stuff on purpose! He'd rather not be thinking about this either, but it's really hard for his thoughts to not go there when it's quite literally a moment-to-moment risk in their current scenario!