It's a valid point, and one that James tries almost desperately to forget. It won't do any good to think about the fact that they're all so far from their homes, not just physically--if they ventured out of the bounds of this community and traveled to their homes, would they, or the people within them, even exist in this world and this time?--but in every other sense as well. And he doesn't want to remember trying to make peace with that thought during the Expedition, when he'd realized he wouldn't ever be going home.
This is no exception. He doesn't want to think about such things, especially not while a little drunk and splitting his focus between dancing and speaking, so he forces those thoughts from his mind--and, doubtlessly, from where they had shown briefly on his face--and offers a light remark instead. "Perhaps, but the engagement itself still occurred, did it not? That's worthy enough of congratulations on its own."
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This is no exception. He doesn't want to think about such things, especially not while a little drunk and splitting his focus between dancing and speaking, so he forces those thoughts from his mind--and, doubtlessly, from where they had shown briefly on his face--and offers a light remark instead. "Perhaps, but the engagement itself still occurred, did it not? That's worthy enough of congratulations on its own."