"It's hard habit to break: sometimes ...that part of my life seems like another life entirely, or a former life in the cycle of reincarnation, if there is such a thing," he admits. He'll tilt his head at the way she rubs her arm, but says nothing to it, for the moment, anyway.

"I'm not sure that I could go back: they likely think that I'm dead there," he admits. "I can't stay here, either: after what Santiago and company have put me through, I've had enough of this world and... I'd rather not risk the public eye and their attention, what they might do to me if I tried to keep a low profile. I... have had an offer to leave for another world: a band mate of mine has had his eyes opened sooner than I has asked me if I'd be interested in going there with him."