Maybe I can swim downstream. I wouldn't know where it'd take me, but it doesn't sound like I'd be moving anywhere but backwards.

As for the sea, I think it depends on the current and tide of the ocean.

[ People's perceptions and thoughts change. They're in constant flux. But no one likes a burden.

There's another moment of pause on his end, as if he's not expecting Hani to say that. That they'd be welcoming of such a thing. ]

You'd want to? Even if it might weigh you down, even a little? ...I don't think that's something I could resent you for doing.