[All unaware he just did the embarrassing dad thing with the compliments, Dave just puts his hands in his pockets, shrugs a little, nods.]

You know, it was kind of like that? Never try to tell the J-team "no" about friendship. They're hardcore. I'm shakin' in my boots at the very thought.

[Agh no why is he going more Texan, holy shit, mouth, stop that. Maybe no one will notice. Maybe Jane's used to it, Dave's pretty sure Dirk sounds more Texan than he does 90% of the time but then again Dave doesn't really hear himself when he talks. Which is probably a blessing, really, if he always sounds this stupid.]

Speaking of them, I bet they'll be real excited to see you again, too. Or...meet you for the first time, or meet the non-old version of you. I admit even I'm kind of confused about when what was supposed to happen for everybody, the timelines are hella fucked.

[And hopefully she's not from the most hella fucked one of theshhyyyeah right, the odds are not in their favor, here.]

So, yeah, I'm here to offer you a ride back with us, like. You know, if you want to? ...And if you're okay with heights.