[she never meant this story as a reproach, and it breaks her heart to hear that quiet agreement. Because she knows what it is to want to stay. And she wants him to be able to hold on to Archie.
But she'd started this story for a purpose, and she pushes on]
When we found a way for me to go back...there was a price. They said I'd forget everything. I'd never remember I was there, or that Donna had found me. I wouldn't know that world existed.
....except, I do remember. I do know.
And I'm glad.
[a quiet breath] Maybe I'll never see her again...but she's not dead. Somewhere, she's living in a world with her brother. And she's playing in a band and she's happier than she ever was back in the world she left behind. And even if I'd forgotten her, she wouldn't have forgotten me. Or the time we had, and that's special too. Because she knows we're still friends.
This might not be permanent...but it's important.
[he could prefer to forget, and that makes complete sense to her. But there are some reasons that remembering, for whatever reason, might not be so bad either]
[voice]
But she'd started this story for a purpose, and she pushes on]
When we found a way for me to go back...there was a price. They said I'd forget everything. I'd never remember I was there, or that Donna had found me. I wouldn't know that world existed.
....except, I do remember. I do know.
And I'm glad.
[a quiet breath] Maybe I'll never see her again...but she's not dead. Somewhere, she's living in a world with her brother. And she's playing in a band and she's happier than she ever was back in the world she left behind. And even if I'd forgotten her, she wouldn't have forgotten me. Or the time we had, and that's special too. Because she knows we're still friends.
This might not be permanent...but it's important.
[he could prefer to forget, and that makes complete sense to her. But there are some reasons that remembering, for whatever reason, might not be so bad either]