[The patting is allowed because jeez, their lives are crazy and kind of crappy. Also, shhhhhh, he's the most serious ever in the world. Just not dead serious.]

I heard that the Initiative can't really pick? So I guess their machine isn't perfect, but if it's so bad the UE can just follow them all over the place... Hey, how do you guys even get missions done?

[Trying to figure out the differences between 'worlds' and 'timelines' and all that jazz in a practical setting is actually starting to make his head hurt, wow.

But he probably can't go home for a while, is what things are shaping up to be.

Maybe that's okay??]