"I think if I lived here, I'd always want to be out on the land... it feels so..." He takes in a breath, eyes drifting closed briefly. "It's alive. I'd forgotten... what it used to be like..."

He follows them right back out, without ever removing his pack, smiling gently at the kittens and dog. While he feels the ties of duty to his own world, this is a rare and wonderful vacation, and he intends to enjoy every second. "How many hive d'ye have?"