Octavia had never been good at small talk. Or even just plain conversation, sometimes. He would just have to accept her baby steps.

Even now, she knew the proper response would have been to say she'd missed him too, but she wasn't sure that was true. She'd buried all but the most persistent parts of Fandom deep in the bunker, and she still hadn't dug everything back up.

And right now, this felt a little like June all over again.

"Good to see you, too," she settled on, faintly softer though still mild. "You seem well."