She laughed because if she doesn't she might start to cry. She had been strong for so many years now, she could be strong now. Just a little longer...for his sake.

She leaned into that kiss, "Trust me when I say I'm much better now." She paused then added as an after thought. "And don't call Fujiko unreasonable."

Fujiko had given up on so many things, among them the possibility of ever having a family, because how could she have one when she will have to minimize the time she spent awake? Yet she finds herself thinking...it would have been nice to have one with this man. Maybe it could have fill the void her comrades' deaths had left behind. At the very least, even no woman ever wanted to get old, she thinks...she would have been fine with it if it were with him.

But that's impossible.