She laughs a little. "See, I wouldn't lock you up. I'd just let you keep talking and try and convince you to write a book or something. See i I can't get you to make it big as a sci-fi author."

"It probably is," she admitted. "But I do. I mean, I know she wouldn't be thrilled or anything but..." But it would be nice to have her there.

She considers something for a moment, then offers him a smile. "Hey, you wanna, I don't know, be my backup hugger or something? Like, if it looks like either of us aren't getting enough affection in this place, we go to each other? I'm cool if you don't want to but....If you meant something to Toby, it's the east i can do."