[A hesitant silence meets her returned sympathy, as Blue tries not to let it bring him down any from the high point he'd struck.]

...Yeah, [He answers, flimsily but still forcing that energy,] I can't ever give up on him now. I mean, I lasted all that while, so what's one little month or three in this weird place. Right?

[And it wasn't like Red had left this time. Not because he wanted to. So... it was different, and it was endurable. And he'd see Red again whenever they saw home again.]

[Right.]

You guys too, right?