[ Tears are there in Jim's eyes before he can blink them back, though he's scrubbing his eyes with his sleeve as soon as he realizes. Yeah, what future? This one: on a world Jim's only barely heard of, galaxies away from home, freezing, starving, afraid, holding onto a boy Jim can scarcely believe exists. This future.
Jim trips over the words that want to come, the way he always does when something inside his head is too big, and what comes out is: ] You - I want a future with you too. A long one. But I'm not going to let this place keep me away from you when you need me.
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Jim trips over the words that want to come, the way he always does when something inside his head is too big, and what comes out is: ] You - I want a future with you too. A long one. But I'm not going to let this place keep me away from you when you need me.