"Oh, of course. I'm just wondering if they'd have redeeming traits for me."

"Given how she plucks people from different parts of the timeline, for all we know your allies could have made it," she says, but regrets it. Why even bring it up if it may be false hope?

"It's...complicated. Yes, he's happy, and it's good to have them back, but you know that my son's just ribbons and sunshine on any given day."