Even though they know enough of Trill to know that their symbionts live far longer than the host, the mere thought of a symbiont surviving multiple hosts causes Faris to tighten his flexible tail around Chanath's waist, and she in turn places a hand on his scaly back, remembering how it felt those months that he was missing, stranded in the Nexus.

"I would not survive without a host either," Faris tells her quietly. "We were separated once also, and it was only thanks to a human who I now call friend that I survived to reunite with Chanath. It is... not something I would like to do again."