[Now that she's right here in front of him, it strikes him how stupid it was not to look for her... Hindsight being what it is, he'll be kicking himself for a long time over that week he could have spent here, with her instead of by himself watching the last of his crystal peter away for lack of anything else to do with himself.

He'll just have to make up for it, he supposes. Not all of the lost time... But some.]

That's that "small town charm", I guess.

[He's not charmed. Or wasn't. He is now.

And brief though it is, that kiss drains some of the lingering tension from his shoulders; when she pulls away that tiny smile of his will have grown a bit.]

Yeah, for like a coin thing, right? They look like Chuck E Cheese tokens but everybody here's pretty stoked about them. [He pats his pocket.] I got like a carton of cigarettes for one, the guy looked like he was about to have an aneurism when I tried to give him more than that...

[He was also a bit less than thrilled when Jesse tried to pay with, like, actual money... Weirdo.]

So where've you been staying? Place ain't that big, I don't know how I-- [Missed you? Yeah, no, he knows exactly how he missed her...] --you know. "It's a small world," et cetera...