He draws his thumb gently against her cheek, trying to offer some assurance. All of this is, too much to really take in all at once. He reminds himself he needs... to not touch her as much. Not after this. It isn't fair to any of them. MJ doesn't deserve to feel like things won't change when they have.

"That's... kind of the problem, some places take you like in between points in time, and everything keeps moving forward with two of you existing at the same time." He knows it sounds like gibberish at best.

"It isn't a 'I didn't tell you' thing, as much as I didn't know kind of thing. Most of the time, you're not even really gone, nor can the you who left come back. It's-" He wrinkles his nose a little, "A lot."

He sighs softly, frowning openly. "It's been almost two years for me- maybe a bit more, being between places like this."