They do, don't they? The people they care about keep vanishing from their lives. People who had been steady, solid presences through so much. It's like having supports yanked out from under them, foundations cracked and broken down. But this way - this way, at least, they'll have a connection. And maybe that will be enough.

It's why he'd gone and made that connection with Adam, after all.

"Oh does he?" He sounds a little impressed there. And most of it has to do with how proud Will sounds.