In the dream, Travis gives his niece one last smile as she disappears, following at Henry's heels to step outside and close the front door in one last gesture of finality.

There's a minute's hesitation: a blanket of hazy static between sleep and waking, like he doesn't want to go back to their utterly broken reality. But it's over soon enough, and Travis, back in the COST-issue attire and sitting next to a bleary-eyed, also recently awoken Henry Cooldown.

Travis squeezes his eyes shut and groans. He hunches forward, massaging his forehead. It's... a lot to process, what he's just seen.

"You have a daughter," he manages.