[He pauses, actually thinking about this. He's felt so useless lately. All this power and he hasn't gone anywhere near to what he used to have. Part of that was fear that a safe haven in this world would go the same way as Providence. Another part was the nonsensical idea that he could be ported away at any second and return to his mission, protecting Hope.

But each day, it felt like he was getting farther from his own world.]

Yes.