He was my first friend, and... I've had more time to think about it. What it means to have friends. Here. I've been here for a year, nearly? And everything has changed, everything I am, everything I took for granted about myself, about other people, about what I knew to be true.

There are similarities. Things that remain constant between the Mobius I know and you. But you're not exactly the same person, and it's not exactly the same role in my life. I've lived a long time, making plans, and then I gave up on plans, and just tried my best, and now... I don't know. Where the balance is.

You're worried that I'm projecting. [ He doesn't really know what to do with that. ] Loving Sylvie taught me that I could care for someone outside of my own plans for their usefulness, but my friendship with Mobius taught me that I could do that and still be... myself.

[ He shakes his head, and pours himself another drink. ]

Do you want another drink?