Desmond could feel her soft touch on his shoulder as she placed her hand upon his shoulder. He grimaced a little at her question and let out a deep sigh before turning his eyes to the stars. " you know life doesn't turn out the way we want it to be sometimes...like you get stuck in the middle of nowhere for two years..but the last two years been the best of ma life...the island is as good a place as any in this world to live in..." he then put his own arm around her reassuringly. " i should write a book on philosophy...." he then muttered out softly more to himself.