He rolls his eyes slightly and almost smiles.

"I'm not going into cryostasis just so you can catch up in age."

He comes over and climbs onto her bed, slipping off his boots and folding his legs under him. Then he holds open his arms to hug her and just sits there that way, arms wide open.

"You can be mad at the inexorable progression of time and how it slowly consumes us all, or you can get hugs, but you can't do both."