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Visits are nice, when you're convalescing.

Even if they can only happen over a vidscreen.

"Over Naomi, still?"

He's not surprised.

"She's very grumpy." River's voice is a little softer; she likes kids, and she likes Naomi. And she sympathizes. "Time to play."

"She should be well enough for that, by now."

Simon gets a blank look through the screen.

"I said."

"I know," he says, with a small smile. "I know you did."

River may not be entirely sure why Simon's smiling.

But he's Simon; he gets a tiny, uncertain smile back.