The smile found its way to his face, if an aching one. "A fact for a fact. On that beach, in the moments before… I imagined a whole life with you.

"Thank you for telling me."

He ran his hands now the other way, down from her shoulders to her hands again; gave a quick squeeze, then reluctantly let go. He turned to the ship to take her suggestion. "Yeah. Let's burn some shavit."