[ that's an easy answer. barry wishes he'd known about thawne, about mom, about everything which lead to the eventual discovery of gideon and that newspaper article. he wishes he had been smarter, had somehow known the man helping him wasn't a helpful man at all. the things he's responsible for — mom's death, dad's death, thawne chasing him through time, the obvious endangerment of those he cares about … ]

[ they're fleeting feelings, untouched right now by flashpoint's one consequence that's followed him here. ]

I wish I had known just how important he would be. [ it's not i. the flash may be him, and barry allen may be the flash, but he doesn't believe himself to be the man thawne hates so much he travels back in time to try and kill his defenseless eleven-year-old self. ] I mean … [ barry shrugs his shoulder, glancing away to focus on nothing in particular on the ground. ] The Flash helped save Central City, doing what the police couldn't. I get that. But the Flash ends up being something more than that — and to have someone come all the way from the future to try and kill him because of what he does or what he represents or whatever … It's pretty big.

[ if the flash was still trying to protect his identity from iris, he'd go for a more generic response — he hadn't realised how much hope he'd represent to the city at large. he never thought people would love the flash so much they'd create drinks after him and have even merchandise. but that isn't the biggest thing, and it's in iris' favour she knows who he is now. there's no secrets she needs to be protected from at the request of an overprotective and intense-loving father. ]

[ it's with a slight smile he looks at her, shaking his head. ] You don't realise how much he's going to mean to someone. It's still overwhelming.

[ for just the moment, those memories stay intact. it's almost like those ten second migraines have completely gone ... or are waiting ... ]