[That was true, but their bond would always be there; at least, so he had hoped.]
[Lockon looked out of a window, past the tops of the houses, and at the artificial sky, beyond which he knew lie a watery abyss.] Could be. I'm sure there's some theories behind it, but I can't think of anything right now. [Something about relativity? His brain wasn't quite in that mindset at the moment.]