He honestly believed he needed my help. When I set terms, he agreed to them, and he was honest about promising to abide by them. He believed he could keep his promises. He believed he could get better. That he was better.
[The problem is that believing something doesn't make it true.]
And maybe, for Harvey Dent, that's all true. But there's true, and there's true.
[He's not sure which one he's dealing with anymore.]
... Good. I'll trust your judgement on this one, since it's more your department than mine. ... Let's me know if there's anything you will need assistance with.
If it's the same for him then my theory is that, despite a knowledge of the possibility of return, there's still a disconnect in having it applied to you, and that's a general "you", or people you're close to. Alongside that is a possible lack of investment in whatever belongings may exist in this world. There's only so much that can be set up in the time you've been here, and little of it will have any real emotional attachment.
So, what I think the most likely happened is that Loki either didn't expect to be ported out and hadn't prepared for it, or, and this is the big one, he just didn't care to safeguard anything.
If he lost his phone, what would he lose when he comes back? How hard will it be to replace?
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