"The thought would cross my mind, yes. However, Alex would never forgive me if I did that here. I'd be an idiot if I didn't take that into consideration." It's something he'd thought about every time she had been kidnapped and many other times when the Sphere conducted its little experiments.

"I might be willing to let an apocalypse happen back in my world, but I wouldn't let others die here. Not if I could help it." He lets out a heavy sigh. If it wants blunt honesty, he'll give it what it wants. "I don't care about most people here or even back in my world. What I care about is her and what she wants. She'd want me to do anything I could to save them, and I would."