Gene turns to her when she walks in. The water's on its way to a boil, but he's pretty sure that's not all she came in here for.

"I wanted you to have something to remember the two of you together by. Not just you and him separately. So it might...hurt for a while, still. Probably forever. But at least it was real. It meant something. It still does."

He leans against the counter. "People only really leave us when we forget them, I think. And - call me a romantic, or an optimist - but I'm of the opinion that when you love someone, and when they love you...it takes more than mere universes to keep you apart."