Back home they wouldn't have had much time to find out just what sorts of friends they would have been like without the influence of their story. But what Gilbert is sure of, and Oz knows from seeing it for himself, is that no matter how the story is written, the two of them are connected through it all. That won't change here, but it still makes it more difficult to navigate.

"And?" he says with a fond smile. "What do you want to be...?"

He might be cross with himself and anxious for the future, but this is an important question.