When he got up to the infirmary, he saw Wendy tending to Rolf on one side of the room while Lori and Lois fawned over baby Mia on the other side. In the middle sat Buddy, Gypsy, and Ohio, all talking quietly. In Ohio's lap lay Liam, who looked to be asleep. There was no sign of Tammy or Socks.

As Perry began walking towards the group in the middle, he heard Rolf say loudly, "No way! I can still walk, AND run! Watch this!"

He turned and watched as Rolf slid off the bed and began running blindly around the room. He stepped to the side to avoid getting hit, wincing when Rolf ran headlong into Lois, knocking both of them over. Perry hid a smile when he saw Rolf begin to apologise profusely, but that smile was quickly knocked off and replaced with astonishment when Lois grabbed Rolf and kissed him full on the lips.

Lori looked like she wanted to tell her off, but as she wasn't actually related to Lois, she had to close her mouth and look away. Buddy, Gypsy, and Ohio were all gaping at the scene, while Jackie just raised an eyebrow and gave a soft snort.

Wendy came to stand by Perry, looking like she couldn't believe what she was seeing. "...I was NOT expecting that."

"I don't think anyone was." Perry swallowed. "What do you think-."

Before he could finish the question, Rolf and Lois finally broke apart and just stared at each other. "What…?"

Lois smirked. "Sorry. I tend to act without thinking, and when I see a hot guy, I have to just act."

"It's not a problem for a beautiful girl like you," Rolf replied without missing a beat.

"Oh my god…" Perry groaned quietly.

Wendy giggled softly and placed her paw on Perry's shoulder. "Just let them have this, Perry."

She approached the two of them. "Lois, how about you take Rolf to a room of his own so that he can recover in private."

Lois and Rolf both stared at her, though in the latter's case, it was in her general direction. Then Lois's expression cleared and her smirk returned. "Good idea. C'mon."

"I could take him," Buddy offered, standing up.

Immediately, Gypsy and Ohio reached out and silently pulled him back down, shaking their heads in unison.

Lois helped Rolf to his feet and led him slowly towards the door. "Don't let me bump into anything," Rolf warned, smirking.

"I won't," Lois said, and it was the most sincere thing Perry had ever heard her say.

Everyone in the room watched as the two of them left the room, then they went back to whatever they were doing before as if it hadn't happened.

Perry headed over to see Jackie, who was watching her mother rock baby Mia in her arms. "I remember cradling you like this," Lori whispered, a reminiscent smile on her face. "You were not much bigger than this, and when I held you for the first time…"

"The hell of the pregnancy dissolved away and became meaningless in about three seconds," Jackie finished. "You told me that when I was two years old."

"I can't believe you remember that," laughed Lori. "But yes. My pregnancy WAS hell, especially for a zoo animal. But I'm so glad I had you at the end of it. I always thought "I hope the baby will be worth all this pain", and Jackie, I would go through all of it again if it meant I would get you again at the end of it."

Jackie smiled slowly, an expression that Perry was happy to see. Ever since the incident earlier that month, her confidence had taken a serious hit. She'd been obsessed with a street rabbit, going so far as to arrest her for the tiniest infraction. Then she'd poisoned her, not knowing that the street rabbit was pregnant. After realising what she'd done, she'd rushed to stop the poisoned food from reaching the rabbit in prison, but it was too late. When she'd found out that her prisoner had been pregnant, she was horrified. Luckily, both mother and baby had survived. But ever since then, Jackie never trusted herself or her decisions enough. She had told Perry that she was terrified of making another emotion-biased decision that would have even worse consequences than the incident earlier that month. She also seemed to be more depressed and less happy; to the point that this might have been the first day he'd seen her smile since the incident.

Watching Jackie, Perry was slowly formulating a plan. He went over to each able-bodied person in the room and told them to meet him outside on the grass, then he went to talk to Jackie herself. "I need to say sorry," he said slowly. "I remember what happened on the mission."

"I...I do too," Jackie said, her face creasing into a look of concern. "How are you doing?"

"Not great." Perry sighed. "Because of my stupid mistake, you and your unborn child could have died."

Jackie inhaled sharply and pressed her paw to her mouth. "W-Well, I know a little something about that."

Perry cursed himself internally for the way he worded that. "I...I'm sorry, Jackie. For everything."

Jackie sniffled and slowly bent down to kiss her baby's forehead. "No harm done."

"I made you give birth ten days early," Perry said miserably.

"Well… Look at it this way: you saved me from ten more days of pregnancy. The last few days are always the worst."

Perry managed a laugh, despite himself. "Thanks. I'm glad you're not mad at me."

"Oh, I AM mad. But not for the thing you think." Jackie regarded Perry. "Rolf."

"I know how I treated him was terrible!" Perry growled. "I KNOW that! Looking back, I have absolutely NO idea why I treated him like that!"

"Prejudice," sighed Jackie. "I guess I'm guilty of the exact same thing. Forget I said anything."

"No, you have a right to be mad at me for that." Perry sighed as well. "Just know that I'm going to make it right."

Jackie sat up in bed, her ears pricking. "I'm coming with you."

"HECK no you're not. You have a baby."

"Socks can look after Mia. She'll be staying behind because she's pregnant, right?"

Perry made a face. "Yes...but…"

"I was on that mission, Perry. I deserve to see its closure."

"Alright, alright." Perry sighed. "Just let me find Socks and meet me outside."

Jackie smirked. "Gotcha."