Personally, I'm not sure we should expect them to let us back.
[Or is that just the optimist in them?]
[It's possible they're skewing a bit far from C.T., and a bit closer to someone he may still recognize. Hastily (perhaps revealingly so) they add, amending:]
I've lost track of time.
[Chara has - ]
[They've not lost track of time. Have they? Have the days been passing in sluggish uniformity, or are things just the same as they always have?]
no subject
[Or is that just the optimist in them?]
[It's possible they're skewing a bit far from C.T., and a bit closer to someone he may still recognize. Hastily (perhaps revealingly so) they add, amending:]
I've lost track of time.
[Chara has - ]
[They've not lost track of time. Have they? Have the days been passing in sluggish uniformity, or are things just the same as they always have?]
[Can they really say?]