The way Joan's pace suddenly changes is more than enough to tell him how Joan is probably feeling right now. It's how he felt too, in some ways, in that first month or two he'd been here. Still, he feels compelled to speak up when what she says is something he has some disagreement with.
"What Annie said is one of the few consistencies this place has had in people's stories and experiences I've heard in the last few months, and I think that's something worth noting. It's apparently been that way since the very beginning - whenever the very beginning of this place was. Some people have apparently been here for years," he explains, well aware it isn't exactly something worth dwelling on, but it's certainly nothing to wave off either. Intel from other people could be flimsy at best sometimes, but he experienced it himself - twice now, apparently, since Joan is from some time in a future he doesn't know.
That it's the only thing that could explain how Annie - or he, for that matter, in Joan's case - could be here on the island and back home at the same time does make it more compelling to believe, too. There hadn't even been a second where he doubted the Annie he knew for the months she doesn't remember, and there's been no doubt the one on the island is the same person. People could be fooled by looks (here now, especially, with this place's ability to bring people who look the same), but the way he knew her (knows everyone) can't be perfectly replicated so easily.
And how far in the past is Joan talking? Weeks? Months? Years? He's sure Annie would've reacted if Joan looked different than what they remember, so it can't be too far. He can understand why she wouldn't want to share the information she has with them - caution is just what they do. Instead, he settles for quipping, "Well, it's good to know I haven't been driven crazy back home, at least."
He glances Annie's way as he says it, mouth quirking up in a small, brief grin, as if saying he's sure she would've been to blame for that if he had been. It's certainly no time to be joking too much, but the little bit of levity is nice to have anyway. Knowing the people close to him are still fine, too, doesn't hurt. He's been thinking of them a lot lately, with the holidays coming and going.
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Date: 2012-01-09 01:54 pm (UTC)"What Annie said is one of the few consistencies this place has had in people's stories and experiences I've heard in the last few months, and I think that's something worth noting. It's apparently been that way since the very beginning - whenever the very beginning of this place was. Some people have apparently been here for years," he explains, well aware it isn't exactly something worth dwelling on, but it's certainly nothing to wave off either. Intel from other people could be flimsy at best sometimes, but he experienced it himself - twice now, apparently, since Joan is from some time in a future he doesn't know.
That it's the only thing that could explain how Annie - or he, for that matter, in Joan's case - could be here on the island and back home at the same time does make it more compelling to believe, too. There hadn't even been a second where he doubted the Annie he knew for the months she doesn't remember, and there's been no doubt the one on the island is the same person. People could be fooled by looks (here now, especially, with this place's ability to bring people who look the same), but the way he knew her (knows everyone) can't be perfectly replicated so easily.
And how far in the past is Joan talking? Weeks? Months? Years? He's sure Annie would've reacted if Joan looked different than what they remember, so it can't be too far. He can understand why she wouldn't want to share the information she has with them - caution is just what they do. Instead, he settles for quipping, "Well, it's good to know I haven't been driven crazy back home, at least."
He glances Annie's way as he says it, mouth quirking up in a small, brief grin, as if saying he's sure she would've been to blame for that if he had been. It's certainly no time to be joking too much, but the little bit of levity is nice to have anyway. Knowing the people close to him are still fine, too, doesn't hurt. He's been thinking of them a lot lately, with the holidays coming and going.