[ It's actually sort of surprising to him, how some things they like are lining up. He wouldn't have guessed they were opposites, exactly, but neither that there were so many similarities. Drifting, Mako felt more like a complement to him than a match, but that was exactly what he needed. Compatibility wasn't a complex thing. ]

...so we're getting a cat.

[ Then he realizes how that sounded. Whoops. Uh. ]

I mean. We're getting you one. Wherever you want to settle, after all this. Have you ever thought about that?

[ Raleigh never had, but Yancy did. He'd loved Hungary. Maybe Mako would want to go back to Japan? ]