[John gives Aradia a rather blank stare at first. As though he's not quite sure what she's getting at. Which is exactly what the problem is. Protag brain doesn't allow for him to immediately think of murder as an option, no matter how serious things have gotten.]

[But eventually, it does click and he frowns.]

Yeah, you've got that right. I miss Rose a lot, I mean I haven't seen her for more than a few seconds in three years now but that's not even an option. Plus, even if one of us did go back, it's not like either of them would be able to help from there. It's not like they can un...do...

[He trails off. He'd thought of this once before, truthfully. Briefly considered it before putting it out of his mind completely after Monomi told him she couldn't restore his powers.]

So yeah, I guess we're just on our own basically.

[Subject change. Not even suggesting that.]