After everything Sam is a mix of anxious and angry. Angry at everything that he had been lied to about, everything that Celia had said and done, and anxious about being back here. After seeing that other Alice, seeing a world where they had gotten married. It hurts knowing what they could have had, even if their world had also gone to shit. What was worse was knowing that there was an Alice out there that missed him so much she resorted to reliving a nightmare every night just to see him again.

Of course...her telling him hadn't been completely her. That damn thing was back. The Archivist or whatever they had called it.

Hearing from Mortanne that Alice was already waiting for him was a bit of a relief at least. It meant that as he stepped off the boat he wasn't surprised to see her there. Waiting.

"Alice!"