"Is there not a phrase... hindsight is always 20/20? Perhaps they hadn't thought of it until now, too busy locked in combat as they were! Ha!"

But he paused, regarding her. Truly, if it was something discovered sooner, then there would be no need for them. But something curious was happening here as she brought up an interesting point. They would never have met, that much was true.

"Perhaps not." He stepped closer, tucking his gloves into his coat pocket. With the tip of a finger, he tipped her chin.

"...But I think more along the lines of present day and what can be done now, rather than the 'what ifs'. Right now, for instance, you look a tad restless. For what reason might that be, I wonder...?"