"And a zillion ways to fix it -- with the med-tech they have. I'm fine."

He scooted and held out his flesh and blood arm, singling for Sam to come up and chill out next to him. Kid looked like he at least needed a hug or an arm around the shoulders or something.

"This is how it's gonna be -- with the kind of stuff we're facing. Lots of close calls. Yeah, they're scary, but what matters is how they end. When something gets broken, doesn't matter that it got broken, what matters is if it can be fixed. And up here in the cosmic big leagues -- a lot of stuff gets broken."