"No I know that. I'm just.." Already trying to think about what it would take. How much he's willing to expose himself to. What he might hear if he agrees to get back in touch with his family. It's enough to make his head ache.

"We've got some time, at least. Aside from a subspace message like this no one's going to be expecting a direct call until we refuel at a base." He doesn't have to decide right now. Or at all, if he doesn't want to, Jim knows.

"If you give me coffee now I'm not sleeping tonight, Love." Jim reaches up to touch at the back of Felix's hand, wrapped in cloth as it is. "Do we have anything stronger left yet from the wedding?"