It was an awkward couple of seconds for Mitchell, who'd shunned almost all contact with other human beings other than the extremely superfluous, and that had only gotten worse through the years. He offered Quentin a pat on the back, though, remembering the societal niceties from days past. "I'm sure it seems so far away, but I think we'd all give up this for a day back in the City, despite how chaotic it was back then, but we'll have it back someday."

And god, Quentin, when did you get grown up and mature? It almost warms his cold mechanical heart a little bit.