There's silence on Liz's end for a few seconds, as her own expression softens. A half-formed comment on the usefulness of color-changing fire dies unfinished.

It doesn't happen 100% of the time, but when Red figures out the right thing to say, he really figures out the right thing to say.

"Hey," she says, gentler, almost smiling (tiny) at her knees. "Miss you, you big ape."