He shifts position, arms around Janie's shoulders. "You don't have to be alone, we just... need to understand how messed up we are. Take things carefully."
He's still too scared to hope, and screwing up someone else's heart never makes this kind of thing any better.
"It's okay. You do so much for me in intangible ways, you don't even know it. And anyway, I'm gonna need your help with Lex. The only way to get him back to his own time is to get into present-day Guln, and travel back from there." Phoenix hates to make such requests of Janie when she's vulnerable like this, but maybe it'll help her feel less useless.
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Date: 2011-11-03 04:40 am (UTC)He's still too scared to hope, and screwing up someone else's heart never makes this kind of thing any better.
"It's okay. You do so much for me in intangible ways, you don't even know it. And anyway, I'm gonna need your help with Lex. The only way to get him back to his own time is to get into present-day Guln, and travel back from there." Phoenix hates to make such requests of Janie when she's vulnerable like this, but maybe it'll help her feel less useless.