"We are," he agrees, because they both know it's true. Alex more than him, perhaps, or in a different way--but if this had happened in New Haven, if this had happened when they were both deep within their obligations to Lethe, it would have had another outcome entirely. In Darrow, none of that matters; it still disturbs and frustrates him at times, but now isn't one of them.

Alex snaps the photo, and Darlington smiles. "I was going to say the same thing about you."