What would I have done? [hm... not that he actually needs to contemplate his answer to this, but he makes a show of looking toward the ceiling with a thoughtful expression, anyway.]

...I would have continued to wait, I suppose. [even when the chances of seeing her again dropped to near impossible in his own world, he never quite deemed it a complete impossibility.] I would make certain the house was well-kept so that you would have a nice place to return to if you ever did come back, and I would wait.