The shock comes as no surprise. It's the opposite of what he'd been planning for himself, in fact had he been asked an hour ago, he wouldn't have thought to go back so easily. Go back someday, reunite with all the people he knows and cares about? Sure, that he thinks about often. But it's never today, it's always a one day kind of scenario.

But now that she's here, the thought of walking away again feels almost like having his insides ripped out of him.

"I'll go back."

His voice still sounds a little shaky, but he doesn't go back on his words, despite the worries and fears he might have.

"It's time I stop running away."