She laughed a little. "Hang around with me long enough and you'll start to change your mind about that." Even Sam's scientifically-minded friends eventually puffed up their cheeks and rolled their eyes in frustration at what Samantha Moon: Girl Genius had to say.

Eventually.

But all the same, she wasn't feeling terribly sad or sentimental right now.

On on the contrary. This was the most happiness she'd felt in...fuck knew how long...

"Hey," she said, looking up at him again. "In the future, has someone finally figured out acute intermittent porphyria?"