"Good."

Raleigh needs to stop being a baby. This sucks for everyone, and they all have to make do with what they've got. You think Herc likes knowing that no matter what, Raleigh will always know Mako more intimately than he will? Forget physical intimacy, every single thought that passes through her head will also pass through his. Every emotion, every idle wish, every dream she has is open to him.

Hercules won't get that, ever.

"Permission granted," he says, quiet and tired and more than a little resigned.