All a body needs, really, is hope. It sets a certain brightness in him now as he moves to take his own seat.

"She does always seem quite-- happy. To be working as hard as she is."

The hard work bit comes easily enough. It's the being happy part--the letting go just enough to let other important pieces of one's heart get filled in--that came as more of a struggle. It shouldn't, when Archie made him so happy, and yet.