"I had a plan, but in my world. A certain ... schedule I intended to keep, if you would believe it. I don't doubt that I would reach those milestones as I intended to."

It wasn't an exact answer to Buffy's question, but he didn't see the need to say that he wasn't concerned. He had convinced himself that he would either meet his goals or die in the process -- such was his life.

"But I do find myself wondering what that version of myself, 30 years old and never having experienced Luceti, would have to say about me."