[ The apology sits heavily on his shoulders, but it's because it's an uncomfortable, awkward weight. Break doesn't like to think about that period in his life often, and truth be told, if he didn't find it necessary to share it here, he absolutely wouldn't. He had kept it a secret from even people was very close to for a decade, and if he had his way, he would go to grave with it. However, he wouldn't go to grave because of it, or at least for not sharing. So the "I'm sorry" he tries to shrug off, because he doesn't want it, in a sense. The past is the past, and it can't be changed. That's the whole point. Even though it still weighs on him heavily, it still feels like a lifetime ago at times.

Instead, the question becomes his focus, and he nods. ]

It could be, but I don't think it is. It's another long explanation, so I hope you'll understand and allow me to go with the shorter one and say that Gilbert and I both have a somewhat special existence in relation to the Abyss. We'd both know if it was the one we were familiar with. But even so, it's definitely possible that worlds are connected by that thread, yes. It can't be proven, but that seems to be the case for our Abyss.

[ So you get nice AUs of tea parties instead of [spoilers]. Break sighs a bit more heavily, and there's a quality to that breath that's a bit wetter, so he reaches for the water at the bedside table. Talking that long was probably a mistake, but it's important. So as such, he'll gladly take a break to be quite for a few minutes, which is why he nods for Urashima to explain. ]