Well, it was clear that something was irrevocably changed between them. Not in a bad way, but comments like those were obviously going to be fair game from then on. Not that Matt had any good comeback at the moment. He kind of wet his lips and focused on peeling the orange.

Not much to do for leisure ... right. He leaned into a hand, subconsciously mirroring Mohinder's pose, and popped one of the orange slices into his mouth, listening and looking at the way Mohinder handled the spoon as he spoke with faint amusement.

Then he frowned slightly at the confirmation of lack of things to do and said simply, "Molly seems lonely."

It had worried him a bit since their talk where it had been apparent even without her strictly saying it that she missed her friends, both the ones from school and the one or two children she'd met at the CDC.

Back in parental mode for the time being, apparently.

"It just ... it makes me really sad, all the things she's been through." He added with a wry smile, "It's like the universe decided at some point that hey, remember these guys? Let's make sure they never catch a break. Ever."

He thought of Peter too, saying that.