[ A small crease appears between her eyebrows. It's not that bad, he says, and she knows more or less what he means because she has certainly experienced bad and this is... quite survivable.

But she is not adjusting easily to it. Shez has always proven to be adaptable and in certain circumstances she strives to be just as flexible but how does one temporarily set aside the war that she started?

Regardless, when he pulls out his phone she also reaches for hers, more or less identical except for the red carnation dangling from her own. When she looks up to meet his eyes again her expression softens noticeably. She shakes her head. ]

If they are being honest about having no control over the process, you had nothing to do with my arrival.

I had yet to consider trying any familiar names. Did you find anyone else we know?

[ No one has gone missing lately but... ]

In the time that you have been here I have seen you and spoken to you. We even went for a picnic by the coast.

[ It sounds as though, from Shez's perspective, he promptly found himself here after the assassination attempt. ]