Pepper is glad he lets her deal with making tea, that he lets her do anything for him, quite frankly. He had a tendency to want to do things himself all the time.

Gene's smile is reassuring, even if it's small and fleeting. Amidst all the awfulness of the vision, it's a bright spot.

"He sounds...sweet. You must miss him a lot." She fiddles with the handle of a mug. "There wasn't anything you could do about the Dreaming, though. And if they're still getting in touch, they have to at least think that you would care to listen, or they wouldn't have left messages in the first place, right?"