"Of course we will," he replied, though he couldn't make his voice sound like he believed it, no matter how hard he tried. It was as if she had asked him if he was all right. 'Always' was the answer.

He took her hand again.

"Should get you back."

Back to being her own Romana briefly before everything goes to hell. Back to Pandora and destruction and eventually loss. He could let her go. He had to.