The hug is much appreciated. Lan recounts a few other stories, and eventually leaves with accumulated nostalgic items.

Felicia gives him a final hug goodbye. "We should invite him more. I think we left him lonelier than I antecipated."

"Maybe. Anyway, we should go upstairs and continue the search for the weapon."

Upstairs, Theo and Kor await. Apparently, Theo decided to take the time to organize the attic. It's not exactly a completed process. It actually looks worse now.

Felicia shoots her sisters a glancing look and no one comments. "That went alright. He didn't see the light."

"Good news. Ready to head out?"

"We are, does Kor want to stay or go with us?"

"If it's alright with you guys, I might just stay here."

"It is. You can eat anything from the fridge if you are hungry." Pause. "Do you need help with cooking or anything?"

"I don't burn toast! I think I can handle it. Actually, do you have any bugs? Bugs would be great."

"Honestly, I can't take you anywhere. Felicia, do you think we can get something from the garden for him?"

"We can, as long you know what is safe to eat."

"Yeah, I know what's safe for me. Are there any chores you need done while you're gone?"

"We have shore wheel behind the kitchen's door. Though, don't do grocery shopping or anything that involves money. Or just sit back and relax if you rather."

"And if you use dishes and silverware for your bugs, please clean then very well."

"Presumably, he would need to clean everything he uses very well if you want to avoid cross contamination. But this is ridiculous, plenty of people eat bugs, and just the act of talking in person transmits bits of saliva-"

"Sshhhhh." Trix puts her index finger on Fernanda's lips.

"I can skip the bugs for now. Do you have fruit?"

They do. Felicia shows him where. And where to find other things.

Then, finally, they go.

Theo stays close to Felicia. Let Trix and Fernanda worry about their glowing ball of light. He wants to spend time with his wife.

That is a suitable arrangement. "Do you have something on your mind?"

"I treated you like crap, and every time I think about it, I feel sick. If I'd been Good all along, I wouldn't have wanted to hurt you like that. I hate knowing that. I hate not knowing whether I would have felt guilty if it worked."

Felicia stops to hug him. "You didn't go through. And you took a step to be better. That's the important part."

"Did I? It feels like a different person made the choice to give in, and he didn't want to."

"If another person did the good decision to change, doesn't mean that all the past bad decisions were also his and not yours. And he must have wanted enough, to at least going along. I do think that's enough. But it's understandable that's something harder to deal on the inside."