[ It really says something about how much has happened, and how different it is being here from the oppressive, nihilistic air of PATHOS-II, that Catherine bothers to mention her feelings at all, even obliquely.
It's a perfectly normal thing, to ask for more time to process a major trauma. It implies a normalcy that just wasn't possible for them, back on their decimated Earth. ]
I'll let you know. [ She means that, honestly-- she doesn't intend to just abandon Simon. Catherine is always brutally honest, even when she shouldn't be, and she fumbles to try to give some parting assurance here. ] I am glad we're here. That we're both here.
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It's a perfectly normal thing, to ask for more time to process a major trauma. It implies a normalcy that just wasn't possible for them, back on their decimated Earth. ]
I'll let you know. [ She means that, honestly-- she doesn't intend to just abandon Simon. Catherine is always brutally honest, even when she shouldn't be, and she fumbles to try to give some parting assurance here. ] I am glad we're here. That we're both here.