There’s a beat. Atlantis is pretty much a giant nightmare carnival ride and everything is going wild but the Vast and its apocalypse is just gonna have to wait a second, okay—

“…yeah? Listen, that’s how this works in the movies?! This is where the big moment happens and the soundtrack gets all emotional and—look, I’m trying to focus on you rather than all that here!”

He gestures at the crumbling, creaking, whirling city around them. Which is starting to tilt even more as it begins sinking into the maelstrom.

…right.

“Let’s—uh. Let’s just get to the Gate.”