[It isn't particularly comforting. Not because Dave doesn't understand where he's coming from with it or the logic of it, but because there's such a firm barrier between himself and any hope of anything feeling better any time soon that it's hard to accept it.
His expression is kind of distant as he considers it, then he shrugs.]
Maybe. Maybe I'll be here forever. Maybe I won't get back before he gets old and dies.
[That old "I'm immortal and my time with my partner is finite because he's not" chestnut is one he thinks about a lot and even more so when he's not with him.]
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His expression is kind of distant as he considers it, then he shrugs.]
Maybe. Maybe I'll be here forever. Maybe I won't get back before he gets old and dies.
[That old "I'm immortal and my time with my partner is finite because he's not" chestnut is one he thinks about a lot and even more so when he's not with him.]