Five doesn't suppress anything about his reaction. His eyes roll and he groans, "Ohmygod, Luther, please find something else to obsess over for the next three decades."
Both. Sure, why not? Since it's right there, he sinks down onto the edge of the bed, leaning over his knees as he listens to what Allison explains. Strange, actually. Luther was usually the one he'd assume for a debrief, but he supposes Allison might be better at not getting caught up in unnecessary details.
"That..." he shakes his head a little, trying to process it. The words make sense, but the rest doesn't. "You were never gone." A beat and his face scrunches. "I mean– you were, but...not... I mean, once I found all of you, you never..." He squints and grabs the pad of paper again, flipping to a blank piece, where he draws a rough diagram.
"These lines," he points to the first (blue) set he'd drawn. "are you guys going back and forth from home, to the other world, back home, and moving forward from the timejump to the 60s and back to the other world, then here–" He points to the (green) circle that merges their imPort trip and the 60s with a different (red) line. "Here is where you're simultaneously in the 60s like you remember, and in this place at the same time," He points again to yet a different (red) line, "Which means even though we're all here, we're also here," he points to the last (purple) line. "doing... whatever comes next in our proper timeline, back home."
He abandons the diagram and lets them puzzle over it themselves and instead starts to pace. "It was bad enough when I was in the same timeline as my older self, if we were to all end up in the same timeline as our alternate selves?" He lets out a laugh, but it's mirthless and bitter. "I can't possibly stress the ramifications this could potentially have if a single thing goes wrong in us getting home."
Which means he needs a lot of paper, and a lot of time, to figure this out exactly. And maybe a second set of eyes. David is intent on getting his people home, and Allison and Luther seem to know him. It isn't a reason to trust him, but it is a step in the right direction. Just in case. His mind is whirling with equations to start looking at already.
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Both. Sure, why not? Since it's right there, he sinks down onto the edge of the bed, leaning over his knees as he listens to what Allison explains. Strange, actually. Luther was usually the one he'd assume for a debrief, but he supposes Allison might be better at not getting caught up in unnecessary details.
"That..." he shakes his head a little, trying to process it. The words make sense, but the rest doesn't. "You were never gone." A beat and his face scrunches. "I mean– you were, but...not... I mean, once I found all of you, you never..." He squints and grabs the pad of paper again, flipping to a blank piece, where he draws a rough diagram.
"These lines," he points to the first
(blue)set he'd drawn. "are you guys going back and forth from home, to the other world, back home, and moving forward from the timejump to the 60s and back to the other world, then here–" He points to the(green)circle that merges their imPort trip and the 60s with a different(red)line. "Here is where you're simultaneously in the 60s like you remember, and in this place at the same time," He points again to yet a different(red)line, "Which means even though we're all here, we're also here," he points to the last(purple)line. "doing... whatever comes next in our proper timeline, back home."He abandons the diagram and lets them puzzle over it themselves and instead starts to pace. "It was bad enough when I was in the same timeline as my older self, if we were to all end up in the same timeline as our alternate selves?" He lets out a laugh, but it's mirthless and bitter. "I can't possibly stress the ramifications this could potentially have if a single thing goes wrong in us getting home."
Which means he needs a lot of paper, and a lot of time, to figure this out exactly. And maybe a second set of eyes. David is intent on getting his people home, and Allison and Luther seem to know him. It isn't a reason to trust him, but it is a step in the right direction. Just in case. His mind is whirling with equations to start looking at already.