There's a part of Dale Cooper that absolutely cannot process what just happened, and that's the part that wants to ask, How could you feel that way, knowing what happens to the women I love?

Fortunately, the logical part is still in operation. "You told him," he says slowly, "that he was welcome to return to Milliways. Where you still go. Where presumably you'll see him. Why would you say this to me now -- what are you planning to do?"