[ It does feel like ages, even longer for Thancred than for Himeka for a number of reasons. Naturally he's envious of her ability to still travel to the First as she pleases, but he's never held it against her. At least it means that she can ferry messages back and forth between him and Ryne, though that's hardly the same as seeing her face-to-face.

Now he has to accept that it might be another however-many years before he sees Urianger again as well. Perhaps instead of sulking about it, though, he should instead be grateful for how much time they had together here.

He lets out a snort at Himeka's comment and shakes his head. ]

Isn't the whole point that time doesn't pass while we're here? We should return to the precise point we came from. Then again, I wouldn't put it past her, even so.

[ Y'shtola has shown the seemingly impossible to be possible in the past, quite a number of times. She seems to somehow always have a trick up her sleeve, yet Thancred knows that's simply because of all the time she's dedicated to her scholarly pursuits.

There's a pause, and he takes another sip of his drink before glancing up toward the night sky. ]

I miss her too. There's been a serious dearth of judging comments, hasn't there?