“The thought had crossed my mind,” Five says, though he knows he’s looking at all of this with a wildly different perspective. For him, now, Darrow is his retirement. Sure, he only worked for the Commission a handful of years, but living decades in an apocalypse should definitely qualify him for pension.

“But… it’s your life, Viktor. And if this is the way you want to live it, who am I to cast judgement? Strangely enough, I’d say this is probably about as close to normal as any of us thought we’d ever get.”