The way she laughs in unguarded and genuine. "I mean," through giggles she can't quite suppress even after the initial suprise, "you could just cut it in half, there's a paper shortage and the top part is good." It's probably not that funny. But she and Stephen have both had a long few weeks and it's so genuine in its he's a little confused but he's got the spirit execution.

The release, either way, is real enough. Every now and then, it helps to have someone else see that something in ridiculous, the way impromptu common room karaoke helps, or even the pancakes that no one's ever gotten quite the same as Jude's. It's good to remember that their lives are not just their lost friends and bleakly long lists of war objectives. Not only that.