"You'll barely notice I'm not there once you've got all the animals to coo at."

Zev wraps himself as tightly around Nova as possible.

"You are very memorable, the animals must be incredibly cute."

She looks away, obviously somewhat startled by that, and not sure what to do with it.

"I suppose me and Drex should probably be on our way. We unfortunately have things to do..."

"Thank you, again," Zev says sombrely to Drex.

"'D say anytime, but 'd rather you didn't keep getting hurt."

Angelique moves over to the sofa, approaching from Zev's side, and leaning down, telegraphing carefully, to press a brief kiss to his cheek, and squeeze his shoulder. She smiles at Nova.

"Enjoy the rest of your days. If either of you want to talk, Aaren has my number."

Zev leans into the soft touches appreciatively. "Thank you. We'll remember that."

He waves once at Drex. "I'll try to remain uninjured. For at least your sake."

"'Preciate it."

Drex ruffles Ira's hair of all things as he stands up, whistling quietly so that Esca will follow him.

Aaren gets up to show them out.