"Even in the future? That just isn't right."

Steve saw firsthand how hard it was to make a living as a woman watching his mother try to raise him after his father passed. She was a damn fine nurse and a damn fine woman. Hardest worker he ever knew.

"...Sorry." It makes him mad to think about, but he doesn't know what all he could do to change it. He's not from her world and can't get back to his own. At least here she has freedom.