[ "How seriously?" is a good question since Archer was first-hand there to see how things with Mai turned out. They miscommunicated heavily on what they wanted, what they expected- even how they saw things.
Well, it was surely a lesson how different people from different times see things. ]
Well, can't help it, I hold her dear to my heart. [ Is that speaking of love without the L word? Maybe. But there is the big thing being - she has her own world to return to. And that's where she will go eventually. So if they're worlds are so connected it allowed her to be pulled here, maybe the cosmological scale works on the same rules. Throne of Heroes is outside space and time, so why not outside the multiverse itself- he already suggested she could maybe summon him... but indeed depending on the restrictions, ritual, and a ton of magical mumbo-jumbo he might not even recognize her. No matter how much he believes he would like her anyway, that's still, plenty not-fun on her side.
Especially now
But he went into staring blankly into the distance, aka thinking instead of giving Archer the answer ] This place can be really bleak and lonely for those stranded here. If I could offer her a bit of happiness and solace while she's here, it's enough for me.
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[ "How seriously?" is a good question since Archer was first-hand there to see how things with Mai turned out. They miscommunicated heavily on what they wanted, what they expected- even how they saw things.
Well, it was surely a lesson how different people from different times see things. ]
Well, can't help it, I hold her dear to my heart. [ Is that speaking of love without the L word? Maybe. But there is the big thing being - she has her own world to return to. And that's where she will go eventually. So if they're worlds are so connected it allowed her to be pulled here, maybe the cosmological scale works on the same rules. Throne of Heroes is outside space and time, so why not outside the multiverse itself- he already suggested she could maybe summon him... but indeed depending on the restrictions, ritual, and a ton of magical mumbo-jumbo he might not even recognize her. No matter how much he believes he would like her anyway, that's still, plenty not-fun on her side.
Especially now
But he went into staring blankly into the distance, aka thinking instead of giving Archer the answer ] This place can be really bleak and lonely for those stranded here. If I could offer her a bit of happiness and solace while she's here, it's enough for me.