very important mental image: sometime after everything starts to settle down, steven pulls out his guitar and asks greg if he’d mind another duet, since the first one was “kind of tainted from the end of the world.” greg just laughs and says ‘of course’ and they re-fuse, and this time he’s a little quieter but he sings to just himself and knows everything will be okay because they’ll always have each other.

they both have a lot of respect for and confidence in each other and it helps steven relax for a little while, like a regular old jam session but better and closer. connie comes by and joins them with her violin and jokes about steven being able to get beer now, and steg just sticks his tongue out. “ugh, it’s not worth it, trust me.” they both laugh. it’s nice.