She's a difficult, confusing woman, but her touch is gentle. In a way, it makes everything that's happened worth this, worth understanding how kind she can truly be.

"I'm fine," he says, firmly. "Just a bullet wound, nothing I can't handle. We'll hit a hospital planet or something once we're out of this place. But I'm not putting you in danger by waiting here."

He hears a click, and he struggles to his feet. "They're going to try to turn them back on, we only have minutes."