It is still great. And he understands the boy's disappointment in not having a purely happy end, they can both agree this is something good all the same.

He flashes a grateful smile at Peter, not contemplating the video call too much lest he gets lost in the idea of seeing his daughter for the first time and weeping all over again.

And then he's smiling down at the phone in his hands again. "The uh... what happened really shook us up, didn't it? She's been having me see her. I thought it would just be until I could make myself look... not skeletal again, but she's still been talking. And when our younger selves went running around, our two clung. When they went back, we remembered and... it's still hard for her, and I don't blame her, but I guess despite everything she's considering things. And she and I are going to work on getting me home. With all that... she gave the new number for home. Warned Coco I'd be calling, told her I was lost and sick and staying here to get better. Not entirely a lie."