[ Oh, but he is beaming. Beaming. For the moment Mark's anxieties can melt away as he can remember he's still capable of good; he's still capable of making people happy; he can still be a friend, someone important to others he cares for. He's light, and free, and he can and will hold onto this for however long he has left. ]

That might be the best review I've ever gotten. [ Beaming!! ] I should fly us back to the farmhouse when we're done here, huh?

[ Maybe in the future Haru can recognize it as an apology... but that's not the here and now. The here and now is sunny and warm and has peaches, and so Mark goes to open the barn doors, where inside there are, indeed, bales of hay to sit on.

Looks back at Haru, beaming. ]

Coming?