"That's it? You're not getting hounded by scientists or reporters? This is just...normal?"

...In an odd way, after everything he's lived through, all the sheer insanity he's seen and participated in, Howard could almost get used to this. He's not going to try and fool himself into thinking he can seamlessly slip back into society.

"I don't know where else to go, Anwei." And he doesn't. He magically appeared here. He doesn't know anything about crossing dimensions or anything of that kind. He wouldn't know where to start about leaving this universe. "I don't...if I disappear, there's no guarantee this'll come with me."

And how many times if he supposed to get close to someone just to have them ripped away?