Maggie's lips quirk into a crooked smile. "Pre-Rising, people only microchipped their pets, not their children. Even post-Rising, it's not especially common. So from the background half of this ship came from, it's disconcerting." But not really important right now.

"Also lovely," she tells him when he points out the painting, her voice soft and warm, appreciative with a touch of reverence. She loves it when people manage to capture care and emotion properly. She knows there has to be a heavy dose of grief there, with the strain in his voice. She recognizes that tone well enough - after Buffy, after Dave. And she hadn't even settled down and built a life with either of them. (The voice in her head whispering 'maybe' about Dave, if Iris can go back and save him like she offered to, needs to quiet down. At least until she has him back and she's made sure she won't wreck Dave and Alaric's friendship by staying with one or both of them.)

With how clearly parts of his life are written on the walls, she's grateful Zerxus was willing to invite her in at all.