The man in his lap reaches to hold his eyebot child without embarrassment, and Alex wonders for the first time what happened in the days they were together. Alex reaches to pat the top of ED-E's chassis, then wraps both arms around Neil's torso, marveling at how they always fit together.

And planning to grumble about the signs of weight loss. Later, though. Now isn't the time. "Always the best time with you," he says to Sarah.