I would be glad to ... [ a pause. he definitely ... knows that face, he thinks this is no trick of the light again and he is, in fact, being shown a face from his time, but older. what a cruel joke it was that the goddess would play on him, or at least someone on par with the goddess in terms of cruelty and fickleness. ] ... Petra.

[ he is getting a headache, which is ignored in favour of being able to function out here, and maintaining a sense of normality in his life. that, at least, is nothing new. ]

Though I do agree with your assessment that our individual strengths have been tampered with.