[He opens his mouth to protest, pauses a moment...and then closes it. Whether he wants to admit it or not, she's right, and he's not exactly in a position to argue about it.
Besides. Better to stick to a simple description than to have to talk about his own crime. He's still feeling a little sore about it.
Noel has seen enough splintered timelines to understand that making a choice is where things branch off. You have one timeline where you make this choice, another where you choose differently. It's simple. He recognizes, too, that this is one of those moments. A choice. Stay or go. There's a moment of hesitation, a small one, because go doesn't usually lead him to anything good...but he knows himself too well not to, in the end. Besides. Not living in the shadows means giving things a chance again...right?]
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Besides. Better to stick to a simple description than to have to talk about his own crime. He's still feeling a little sore about it.
Noel has seen enough splintered timelines to understand that making a choice is where things branch off. You have one timeline where you make this choice, another where you choose differently. It's simple. He recognizes, too, that this is one of those moments. A choice. Stay or go. There's a moment of hesitation, a small one, because go doesn't usually lead him to anything good...but he knows himself too well not to, in the end. Besides. Not living in the shadows means giving things a chance again...right?]
... I'm going. That's why I came out here.