The elevator slid down smoothly and quickly, and Dave just shrugged.

"Yeah."

More than he could possibly say. More than would be "normal" for a dude just missing his best dude friend, certainly, so he didn't expand on that.

The doors opened up again at the ship quarters, and Dave stepped out with just a little incline of his head. "C'mon," he said instead, "Your mom's waiting, I assume."