Yeah, them hooking up really was pretty hilariously contrived. Them ending up on this ship. Him becoming a book. Them both de-aging. Getting stuck in the same body... It never, ever would have happened without all of those mostly demeaning, undignified, horrid things.

For this result, and this alone, he was glad for it all. Subconsciously anyway.

"Try a kiki," he said, offering up the sliced fruit.