"Are you trying to tell me you don't know anybody who could make my degree valid there?Jack asked, trying to make his voice light even as his eyes were serious. He noticed that she hadn't said no to the proto-engagement, so that was ... some kind of victory, anyhow. "Seems like mutants need my help as much as things that go bump in the night do."
He took her hands in his, tilting his head as he weighed exactly what to say. "Emma, the way I look at it is that if we don't want to give up each other, one of us is going to have to give up our world sooner or later. You've got more to accomplish in yours than I do in mine. And nobody's going to force us to stay in your New York forever, if it comes to that."
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Date: 2015-08-19 12:28 am (UTC)He took her hands in his, tilting his head as he weighed exactly what to say. "Emma, the way I look at it is that if we don't want to give up each other, one of us is going to have to give up our world sooner or later. You've got more to accomplish in yours than I do in mine. And nobody's going to force us to stay in your New York forever, if it comes to that."