[He takes the comfort for what it is. She doesn't have to give it, not with who he was and what he did, threatening her and Luz - and her innocent adopted son.]

[He called him a rat.]

I get it. Unless you go home, past me will never have seen you at the day of Unity, because you were pulled here before then. There's no guarantee I go home but...if you find a way I hopefully will too.

[He lets go because he needs to sit down again but not before handing her a box of tissues that was nearby.]

[He goes back to the couch and sits down heavily, looking relieved when he stops moving.]

But we have to figure out what to do in the meantime. I want to try to find a way home sooner but I don't know where to start. The Alliance has portals and have managed to send people home for short periods before the...force that pulls people here pulls them back again...but I already tried and it didn't work for me. They said something was interfering.

And I doubt they'll help me now that I rejected them.

[Nor would he ask for it.]