[There he is. God, just looking at him hurts, but it feels good, too: he's really in there. Despite all the shields, all the barricades, he's in there behind X5-493. He's there for her. She can be here for him, too.]

[She smiles, one of those rare, wholly genuine, bright-sun smiles that fill up the room. It's all for him. Everything she has become is thanks to what he gave her the space to be. He says please don't leave like there was ever any chance she would.]

Oh, Ben. I'll stay for as long as you need me to stay. That's what friends do for each other. That's what you did for me.

I promise. Okay? I won't leave.