He wished he could tell her that this was only a dream. That would make things so much simpler.

"Yeah, sweetheart. We're in space." The expression on his face let her know that, yeah, he knew how stupid it sounded. "It's a long story-- a really long story-- and I promise I'll tell you everything I can in a little bit. But first... what do you say we track down Claire and say 'hi'?"