[ It's hard to ignore the curiosity in Carolina's voice. Hell, she focuses on it. It's easier to latch onto than thinking too hard about the hole Delta left in her consciousness. ]

I could've bailed before, you know. D figured it out last minute, what they were gonna do. There would've been time for us to get gone. But it would've only been us. There wasn't enough time to get anyone else out.

[ She stops, draws in a breath. She doesn't know how many times she's recounted the details of her timeline to others by now, but it feels different every time. She's grieved David and moved on, but Delta...that still stings. ]

It was D who made the call. I couldn't, y'know. Makin' that kinda choice, it's not -- anyways, he had a plan. He knew how I could do it, how I could get him out, I just had to...let 'em take D. Pretend like I didn't know it was happening, 'cause I couldn't attract any attention to myself.

[ She can't help a short laugh, more of a derisive huff than anything else. ]

Except I got yanked out of my universe not twelve hours later, before I could do anything. I didn't get to save anybody.