He stopped, again, and asked himself why he was doing this. Not in general, not at all, not a 'maybe there's still time to be a cobbler' - just why he thought it was a good idea to be the one to have The Talk with someone when what he wanted was to indulge in a full-on pity-party of a Brood.

Because Pike would want you to do the right thing and be kind to someone in need. And Scanlan would find humor in the irony.

He took a deep breath. "The Madonna Inn - where we're at now... It's not my world, my time. It's not yours either. So I believe you when you say you just saw Liz, and you were somewhere else. But the Liz here, our Liz, has been here for months. And she might remember more or less about things you did together, because she maybe has or hasn't done them yet."