No one was going to be here forever. That was all but guaranteed, only emphasized in Pete's disappearance. For now, though, as long as he was able was something to be grateful for in itself, and Lucy nodded, the motion slight but perceptible. "I'm just really glad you're not gone," she murmured. Everything had changed and it hadn't at the same time, but at least some things were consistent, some people not yet vanished like so many others had.