A true smile finally spreads across Curtis' face. He curls his fingers around hers.

"We don't have to spend all our time there," he says, picking up the shape of her thoughts. "And if you needed to get back to the palace quickly we could...I don't know. Cut through Milliways, maybe?"

A door to Helium showed up in her room. Maybe they could open a door from the theoretical cabin, step through, and open another door on the paalce.