The stern tone didn't bother her. It wasn't like he was really admonishing her. There were, after all, just some things that she had no control over. They both knew that. At the mention of still having him, she gives a warm smile.
"Will always have you, Barry. Need my big brother, after all."
He wasn't Simon and he'd never be Simon. Barry wasn't a doctor or anything, but he was family. Found family and not blood, but family none the less. Like the crew of Serenity.
"Stay out here with me for a while? I don't want to be alone, not yet."