"Very convenient," he agrees. "If Finch were still here, I might accuse him of orchestrating the whole thing."

It does make him a little sad to think his friend won't be here to see the rest of this second chance they both had. All he can do is hope Finch is making the most of his somewhere else, finding his own brand of peace instead of burying himself in the Machine and in his work. John can relate to that, it's why he and Finch had worked as well as they did, but if he can find contentment and still do the work, he likes to believe Finch can, too.

"He loved you, too," he says after a moment. "Harold. He knew we could be good for one another, but he knew a lot of things about me before I ever did. We spoke about it once, before Darrow, about wanting a normal life. I know he wanted me to be able to have one."