I'd heard that time remained frozen while we were here, but I didn't know that we couldn't alter anything upon our return. I suppose I never really thought about it.

[it's logical, he supposed, but something about that stirs up a melancholy feeling within Jonathan. if none of this would happen anywhere else, that would mean he'd return home without any memory of the precious bonds he'd forged here. it was...unfair. it's such a childish reaction, but he can't help it.

he does his best to keep the twinge off his face, though. there's really no point to any of this outside his own mind. no need to trouble Joseph.]