[She knows. Christ how she knows. Still, the way he looks at her, the heavy tone when he says it--]

I am, you know. [No bullshit, no nonsense. Just the bare bones truth.] I know it might not come off that way given how I'm running on empty at the moment, but believe me, darling, I am.

[And regardless of the way the moon base's systems stutter like some living, breathing thing around them, Chloe doesn't brush it all off with a casual glance anywhere else or a quick, witty remark. Those days of shoving off sincerity for the sake of comfort aren't long since passed-- she'd just like to imagine that someday they might be.

If they survive, of course.] We sure as hell wouldn't stand a chance without all this.