[There's nothing in Finn's reaction that was wholly out of place. Five weeks was a long time for them to be separated. Though not, Jake finds himself thinking, unheard of either. He'd spent longer stretches squirrelled off at Lady's during her pregnancy, the two brothers seeing each other in person only sporadically.

Granted, they at least had the phone. Maybe that was the difference between then and now...? Contact?]

Aw, buddy, it's okay. [Jake's tone is encouraging, attempting to keep things light with a quick noogie.] Listen, I dunno how you did it, but whatever you pulled to get us on this ship must've worked. Smoothing sailing back to Ooo, right?

[ Jake's sure Viveca mentioned there was a way back to their home dimensions aboard the Ximilia. Well, almost sure, he was only half listening. ]