It's his turn to nod. He catches her hands between both of his, squeezing lightly.

Another long, bad day buoyed up a little at the very end. Curtis doesn't feel as painfully adrift as when Dejah found him: he can look forward to something new, something good they'll be building together. And Edgar --

He'll just have to not think about Edgar for a little while. That's all.

"Let's go back?" he whispers.

It's a shorter walk to Milliways, and a familiar bed -- their bed, now? -- waits at the end of it.