They had grankids already? Bruce wondered for a moment how long it had been but then remembered that the island had liked to play with timelines too and figured maybe a spacestation would be the same deal. He needed to get some semblance of his vocabulary back in order to not sound like a blithering idiot for his wife.
"I'm sorry it's been hard," he said quietly, listening to the undercurrent of her words. "You shouldn't have to have gone through all this change. It's not fair on either of you." Bruce rubbed Jacob's back softly as he slept. "I wish I could have changed something."