There was a little bit of extra blinking, which as in humans is a sign of embarrassment, but not much.

<Some of it is just the way memory distorts over time. I haven't seen my wife or children in decades, and none of us are the same people we were. But it has helped to remember them as fondly as possible.> He sounds more or less matter-of-fact, though there is of course a heaviness to it, some of that weathered love and distance.

<If this too lasts decades, you may find your memories of home changing. Perhaps. These things work differently with different species.>