Here is the context, it's a scene in the movie "interstellar"
Her daddy is a space traveler. He went on a mission to save the world, before he left her, he promised that he would come back for her but he had no idea when he would come back so he made a joke to comfort her "when I come back we might be the same age" because he knew that the time would probably run differently for them... and after a few decades, the daughter still had been waiting for her dad and on the birthday when she reached the exact same age that her father was when he left, she sent him this message: " Today is my birthday. And it's a special one because you once told me that when you came back, we might be the same age. Well, now I'm the same age that you were when you left... and it'd be really great if you came back soon"
What I don't understand here is why "came" instead of "comes" because obviously her father hadn't come back yet at the time she said it. Can someone explain it to me please? Thanks in advance!
Her daddy is a space traveler. He went on a mission to save the world, before he left her, he promised that he would come back for her but he had no idea when he would come back so he made a joke to comfort her "when I come back we might be the same age" because he knew that the time would probably run differently for them... and after a few decades, the daughter still had been waiting for her dad and on the birthday when she reached the exact same age that her father was when he left, she sent him this message: " Today is my birthday. And it's a special one because you once told me that when you came back, we might be the same age. Well, now I'm the same age that you were when you left... and it'd be really great if you came back soon"
What I don't understand here is why "came" instead of "comes" because obviously her father hadn't come back yet at the time she said it. Can someone explain it to me please? Thanks in advance!
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