/I'll accept all the help I can get. You've known him longer, you'll know what he likes. I'll have to recruit him when I look for your present./ [She smiles. Despite what protests there may be, there will be presents for everyone.]

/Then let's have dinner after he's back. A day or two after at least, give him some time to settle back in./ [Assuming they're all still here and he hasn't forgotten them.]

/We... yes, we're happy. I mean, I don't want to speak for him, but he does seem happy. But it's not strange? I did only meet him in July. And I know he's much older than me. But I care about him. I... I love him./