He looks up at her, eyes unfocused, and it takes him a moment to realize that it's more than sound coming from her mouth, it's words.

He recognizes a babble when he hears one. Suzi's taught him well.

"Hey," he says softly, grinning at her. And if it looks a little sad, well, that's just a lack of light. "It's not like I'm going anywhere, now is it?"

She'll leave, someday. But it isn't right now and right now is all he cares about at the moment.