He grins, shuffling the photographs for her. "A couple more pictures of her with the birds. First time I ever saw lava birds, I was a kid. It was on Mars at this tiny aviary. I fed them then. Always wanted to do it again. It was fun."

A few more bird pictures, and then... "Ah. That's Lake Orion, and there's Beth getting ready to go parasailing. See, she's got that t-shirt on under the life vest, the one I told you about the other night." If she looks closely, she'll be able to make out at least what looks like a bit of lettering on Beth's shirt.

In the picture, Beth is smiling. Very broadly.