The response takes a little longer this time, because Winter has to take a moment. They're okay. They're home. If it's real. If it's really her. He wants it to be her so badly. Maybe he's glad he's tiny and she can't actually see him, because he might be crying a little bit.

Eventually the response does come.

thank you

That one doesn't have a stop or a repeat, he just moves into the practical message, which does get repeated until she starts to reply.

food and water is it you stop