[There was more to it than that. He hadn't want to leave Rorschach, he hadn't wanted to leave Sara, and there's still a huge part of him that hated that he was stepping away from that, that he might never see them again. But for the most part, he didn't want to run out on his brother, because they'd been through so much, and he wasn't doing what his future self apparently was going to do to him. He couldn't.
But he was gone, and he and Sara were tired, and they were needed back home, so. It was now or never.]
[Spam]
I didn't want to leave Tim here by himself.
[There was more to it than that. He hadn't want to leave Rorschach, he hadn't wanted to leave Sara, and there's still a huge part of him that hated that he was stepping away from that, that he might never see them again. But for the most part, he didn't want to run out on his brother, because they'd been through so much, and he wasn't doing what his future self apparently was going to do to him. He couldn't.
But he was gone, and he and Sara were tired, and they were needed back home, so. It was now or never.]