Please don't. I listened to-- [ there's a beat, only a second long-- ] to a, a friend talk about the scientific theory of that stuff way too much to want another lecture.

[ he's taking the playful bat as a-- not a rejection, there wasn't anything to reject, but a sign he's crowding a bit, so he sits back on his haunches instead in front of him. thinks of the last person he'd listened ramble about time travel and feels that hole again for a little bit. he grins, like it's nothing, like he doesn't-- nope. ]

Knew it. [ he stands back up a bit, holding a hand out for junpei to take to pull himself up ] Hey, how much time have we got left?

[ he's got an idea, but junpei's the one with the watch ]