[ She clutches him to herself, fingers stroking through his hair as if he were a child. She takes on some of his weight as they begin to walk back toward the Singularity, hoisting one of his arms over her shoulders. Mat landed further away than Jack, but not by much. ]

I thought it would be a good idea to have like, one place that everyone could go to rest. You ain't the first one to show up in this state.

[ It feels like a weak lie as she says it, even though she knows it's partially the truth. But there's no succinct way to say "I can communicate with the god rock and it wants us close to it right now" at the best of times, let alone right now.

The warmth pulses in her chest as she loosely wraps one hand around his wrist ]

Don't think about that right now. You already did the hard part. Everyone is on the way. [ Her voice shifts, becomes lighter and sweeter. ] Jesper's gonna be over the fuckin' moon that you got out.