He could wait a little while to see his mom and Sookie, yeah. He hugged Izzy back, and took his time over it. "I missed you, Izz," he said softly, then pulled back. "Everyone's on a space station orbiting a massive gas giant. We've been there for maybe eight months now, after the island got all cold and gross. And I'm okay, yeah. I was a girl for most of the past month. That was kinda... a thing that happened."
He nodded when she offered to show him the bridge (how big was the ship???). "That would be great. And you can tell me how you got so big!"