Maybe he just needs some encouragement from where he was before. [ Jesse's voice drops to a quieter tone. The brief flicker of desperation is in her gaze. What else can she do to help Alan? Projecting Polaris only works so much. She can't enter the Dark Place. She can't change the story. What else does she have left to try? ] I think if you want him to find them he will. Intent and design seem to go far with what the both of you do.

[ A nod. ] Yeah. No problem.

[ Jesse tilts her head with a skeptical but yet playful look in the eye. She can tell all of this is still too much for him. He's struggling to comphrend everything around him. The other Jesse has her work cut out for her.

« She'll rise to the challenge. It'll give her a reason to keep pushing. » ]

Just, don't jerk her around. Okay?