[ Well, covered in the sense that he didn’t have to feel like she didn’t get out. That was all of Catherine that he knew, and everything he could manage to save of her was here instead of languishing in digital space at the bottom of the ocean wondering where the hell Simon went, or if he died and left her there, in the event that time didn’t stop while he was here after all. He hasn’t yet seen her demonstrate the ability to turn herself off, so that sounds like basically the worst thing imaginable and it would be popping unbidden into his head all the time if he didn’t have the Omnitool with him.
Naturally, it didn’t do much to make her absence less... felt. Especially knowing — as far as he had, before she showed up — that he was probably now just as likely to ever talk to her again if the Omnitool was two feet away on the ship as if it was a universe away. But at least her being turned off didn’t leave anything to chance.
...Okay, yeah, existing solely inside the Omnitool in the first place is messed up, but he’s already told her what he thinks of that.
Anyway, unfortunately for Catherine, he looks at her again out of sheer surprise, almost thinking he must have misheard her. ]
What do you mean, you were fine with it? You’re telling me there are copies of us on the ARK, but you didn’t make it, and that was just... okay? You built it.
[ Simon’s ability to reason out how the process must have gone down is marginally better when he’s not tripping and having 500 emotions fall out of his pockets. He sounds more incredulous than anything. It wasn’t the only reason they were doing it, but he can’t wrap his head around being okay with that. This isn’t ‘just a little different’ — the ARK was a last resort, impressive and incredible, but a virtual reality. When you bet your life on a Plan Z, there’s no way you’re in any shape to go ‘oh well’ when it doesn’t pan out. Right?? ]
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Naturally, it didn’t do much to make her absence less... felt. Especially knowing — as far as he had, before she showed up — that he was probably now just as likely to ever talk to her again if the Omnitool was two feet away on the ship as if it was a universe away. But at least her being turned off didn’t leave anything to chance.
...Okay, yeah, existing solely inside the Omnitool in the first place is messed up, but he’s already told her what he thinks of that.
Anyway, unfortunately for Catherine, he looks at her again out of sheer surprise, almost thinking he must have misheard her. ]
What do you mean, you were fine with it? You’re telling me there are copies of us on the ARK, but you didn’t make it, and that was just... okay? You built it.
[ Simon’s ability to reason out how the process must have gone down is marginally better when he’s not tripping and having 500 emotions fall out of his pockets. He sounds more incredulous than anything. It wasn’t the only reason they were doing it, but he can’t wrap his head around being okay with that. This isn’t ‘just a little different’ — the ARK was a last resort, impressive and incredible, but a virtual reality. When you bet your life on a Plan Z, there’s no way you’re in any shape to go ‘oh well’ when it doesn’t pan out. Right?? ]