[ She gives him a nod, glancing down at the hand that touches her arm before she meets his gaze again. She recognizes the look to be honest, supportive, and familiar from the time Bull had comforted her while she recovered in the house after Archangel's fallout; it makes her smile a little. ]

It's alright now, but at first, I was stuck on pretending he was still alive in a way. I have something-- [ she gestures at her head ] an implant that lets me go through my memories perfectly, almost like videos. And I have Keiji's, too. All the time we ever spent together? It's all in there... And then-- you know, I've spent almost a year now, hoping the Porter would really bring him back to life. I thought I'd get lucky. That one day I'd see him come out of that base in Cape Carneval and we'd have a touching reunion or something.

[ She takes a deep, shaky breath. ] ... It was Charlie who helped me pay more attention to the present than the past. So we should do the same, now.