[ he continues cleaning, but he's shaking his head through every word mick says. he can't entertain the idea, not a moment of it. he won't ever let himself think of them as worth the air they breathe. ]

That's just ... really dangerous to think that way about them. He can't come back like you did, he's just a bad copy.

[ not that they'd deserved mick back, after everything. but that was the point. mick was good enough to offer up forgiveness where it wasn't warranted. ]

He's nothing like you, or like the real Chronos.