Neal's thoughts go there, too. To the fact that at some point, if he sticks it out long enough, if he manages to help someone else get their life back, he'll get his, too. He'll get his, and he can come back here, and live it. He looks down at their linked hands, then up at Norton's face, trying to sort out how he feels about that prospect. It's not the pure and simple victory it might have been six months ago.

The question, though, makes Neal grin. He loves Norton's fascination with technology, and the assiduously correct way he refers to it. "Absolutely. It's a matter of practicality if nothing else. Maybe we can ask the Admiral to keep them functional when we go home."