[There admittedly had been a knot of anxiety forming in her stomach at the long silence. But it eases a bit when he finally speaks up again, moreso as she answers.]

I wasn't home, yeah. I was a place like here. A nexus. I...

[No... she doesn't need to explain how little time she had left if she'd been at home, with no interference. It wouldn't make either of them feel any better, nor would it be helpful in any way.]

The thing about nexuses... about places where universes meet... Alternate timelines. At the Tower, we were all from different ones. Some of them were almost identical and, others...

[Not at all.]

There's a universe where I make it. Where I never go anywhere, but... I'm two there. I never met her but others did.

I know I told Dad that I wanted to stay in the Tower, or go with him. I know, but... I couldn't leave everyone like that. It'd be wrong. So... when I was on my way home then, when I finally leave here... I'm going to try. To fight for a future where I can.

[And if... if she can do it, why can't he?

...is what she'd like to say. But she knows there's a fatal flaw in her plan - she isn't home yet. She hasn't changed anything.]