Re: Claudia/Mike on the truck
"The one we're going to will suck more," Mike said, more a statement of fact than anything else. Anyone not realising that at this time, needed to face reality. He also wouldn't offer platitudes that they'd one day find their way home, that everything would be okay, mostly because he didn't believe it.
There was also the part of him who wasn't sure if he wanted to go home again or not. It wasn't as if they were able to return to their families, and home he'd most likely lose the family he'd gained here. They might be good at pretending everything was fine, but he and Robert both knew that this wouldn't last if they ever returned. It wasn't even that they didn't love each other, he was sure Robert did even if neither said it to the other, but it was one thing ignoring things here. Back home, if they ever got to return, things would be vastly different.
He glanced over at Donovan for a moment, then back at the road. "Blame doesn't really help," he said, knowing how much Robert would disagree with that. "Bottom line, losing a friend sucks in any dimension. Not much you can do about it."