[ WAH. also yeah! time sucks! there's a vaguely sympathetic smile because it was sort of rhetorical. he knows that viktor gets it. ]

But the good thing is you just bought yourself some more. [ ...well. he's going to come back to that in a sec, he'll address the amame thing first. ] I think I will, too. Some people think I should use the wish on myself to change me, and it's a compelling argument? If I fixed myself, I might stand a better shot at fixing the rest of my life. But...I have other resources, too. And I can't help thinking how it may not matter if I fix myself and she's still not home with me.

[ so that's the decision he has to face. and speaking of home, now he returns to his other thought. ]

...what are you going to do now? [ he remembers what viktor said about home and, uh, he's kind of concerned about what he'd be walking into. ]