Neelix would have added his own flair to it and chastised them all for taking this long in the same breath. They all miss him. All four of them miss the entire crew. Some days it's easier to see than others, but it's always there. Whatever their initial intentions when their two ships were lost together in the Delta Quadrant, they had united into one, a family, and that was hard to shake after so long.

Good-natured as ever, Chakotay moves to give the pot a bit of a stir before lifting a small bit of the stew in the spoon and offer it to Kathryn to taste. "Would you care to be my taste tester?"