[The dying part was pretty bad, but he knew it was worse for his lover at the time. Gokudera still feels guilty, like he left Yamamoto back in that other world. He knows it's not his fault, but it still hurts.]

I had gone home for a time after my first stay here. So... at least a year and a half in Amoi, then nearly a year as well on Anchor, and finally, a few months here. I think it's been an average of around eighteen months in each world. Time at home just... stops, even when it feels like time passes here. It's complicated, yeah...

[Gokudera joins Hijikata in taking a long drag, and exhales slowly while listening.]

One version, but yeah. I'm sure there is some other Gokudera out there having a much easier time. [it would be foolish of him to assume otherwise, considering how many different versions of his family alone he's met.]

But he doesn't know you, or have magic. Hmm... do you think I could set myself on fire, or is that... y'know... trauma? [He's not heard of any mages setting themselves on fire in Avalon. Other people, yeah, but is internal self-combustion a problem for those with elemental magic and volatile personalities?]