Wonderland has a knack for that. [ He winces sympathetically. ] Some find a comfort in knowing that their time waits on pause for them to return, so at least they're not technically missing anything. But it's a small comfort, I know.

And then there's the people like me. [ He adds the words with a quirk of his lips. ] The ones where our worlds have already gone so far to shit that we would beg borrow and steal to stay here as long as we can, and never want to leave. Makes for a complicated clash of opinions sometimes, but for the most part it doesn't interfere in the day to day.