The couple returns to their comfortable silence, each happily holding the other tight. It took them a while to reach this point, but against all odds, they ended up finding the happiness they were so desperately seeking when they met. The lost, confused, pessimistic human found someone to love, someone who actually understands him. Meanwhile, the exhausted, depressed, financially ruined teacher was able to see justice be done, and the system that broke her changed. These two weary creatures, who will likely continue to face new forms of hardship throughout their lives, can at least rest easy knowing that they have help. They have their family. They have each other.