Neal smiles a little at that, taking his seat again. "That's true."

It does make him feel fractionally better.

He draws in a deep breath, studying the latticework underneath the glass top of the table. "Look. If it was me... I would be curious. I would be desperately curious. How often would either of us get that chance in our own worlds? We won't. If it was me, I'd do it, because here at least I know it's a change I can reverse if it's not one I want to keep. I don't want you to do it. But my only reasons are selfish."