He huffed and looked over at his partner. Sure, that was perfectly sound logic. But this wasn't an issue of logic. It made his stomach churn to even think about using the thing. Not when Philip was still right here.

Without thinking about it, he reached out and lightly grabbed hold of Philip's arm. "All we need is each other. So long as we're still partners, we'll be just fine." And there was that self-doubt again.

Truth be told, they were in way over their head as far from home as they were. There was no intergalactic precedent to their skill sets. Sure some things didn't change, but here...

Maybe he ought to go make friends with Steve's punching bag friend.