Carter nods, too, and starts leading the way, back down the path and into the village.

Except now that they're not talking about the impossibility of teleportation and Mathias, the silence stretches out between them. A silence that weighs on Carter and on his swirling mind that is still dealing with the fact that Benton is here, right next to him, walking with him.

"It's... it's really good to see you," he says eventually, his voice turning soft.

"You're okay, aren't you? You're not injured?"