"People change, Gene," Alex acknowledged. She was different since coming back from the pub -- she knew it. She'd found her peace: she'd had to in order to get into the Railway Arms. And now she was back, back to help him fight the rot and fight Jim Keats... and maybe, just maybe, to find his own peace.

"Sometimes, we change for the better."

His low-pitched compliment and that quiet chuckle just... did things to her.