"At least he didn't read me the complete version of the riot act."

Carl leans closer into the kiss, a feeling of relief flooding his senses when his mouth meets hers. When things had started going wrong at Milliways, part of him had begun to fill with dread at the thought of the door malfunctioning and keeping them apart, for good. Never did he expect that would lead to him landing on Pandora, for course...but he was going to take what he could get.

"I love you, you know," he says quietly.