I was helping a scientist with an important project at PATHOS-II — something that could save what’s left of humanity. She can’t do it without me, unless Hathaway can step in.

[ and time doesn’t pass wherever they came from while they’re here.... but he has the tiny box her brain is in.... here on the ship.... so that could also be a problem. ]

And I don’t know about spending 26 more years as an outcast to my own species while they grow a new human Simon in a test tube.

[ That was a joke. Kind of. You gotta cope somehow, man. ]