Gene exhales and stares out at the sea. "Yeah. When I first came here, it took me a while, but I accepted it. Now? I'm happy to be here. It's a nice respite. It'll...yeah. I just need a little time to adjust to not being on the run again. I'm a bit of a frightened rabbit, and I expect I will be for a while. But I'll heal. Especially since you and Tony are here. If I were alone..."

Then he'd be even lonelier than he would be on Earth.