Oh, so that was it. Billy felt months of old pain rushing into the back of his mind. It wasn't so long ago that he'd felt the same way, bitterly waiting for months upon months while his friends had their happy reunions. It had changed now, though, and nothing he said could cheer her from that. 'They'll wake up soon' was probably a lie. 'I know how you feel' wasn't comforting either.

"I'm sorry," was all Billy could think to say, head bowed. "And...it's frightening, isn't it. That they might not be in the pods at all." A thought he had thought far too many times and still considered about his remaining friends.