I think I'll stick with the kids running around the corridors without adult supervision, thnks. [A hundred years, no thank you, he doesn't want to know. ...Well, he's curious, but it doesn't matter at the moment.]

Things are...things could be better. They are, they are going to get better. Admittedly, this might not have been the most fortuitous timing, but--

[He laughs in spite of himself, giving his head a little shake.] I'm not making any bloody sense, am I? My apologies. [T'Pol would probably say something about being emotionally compromised, but like she'd be one to talk if she were in his shoes.

Hold on, Trip, here comes to bear hug.] And here I was half thinking I'd never see you again. You don't even look like you've aged a single day.