"Nice, routine, boring." Gaeta sighs as if he were sinking into a warm bath. "We could all use a little more of that. Maybe it can be an island-wide present for everybody."

When he smiles again, it's gone a little crooked.

"Funny to think about still being here a year from now, though. I keep wondering, even if the barrier is down by then..." He shrugs, turns his glass in his hands. "I don't know."