[ In most circumstances, she'd probably be perceptive enough to catch that, but her head is still swimming and there's a very sweet puppy licking her face. ]

Pleasure to meet both of you.

[ There's a wry edge to that, but it's warmly sincere all the same. She's used to meeting the best people in the worst circumstances.

She looks up at the question, distracting Haley with a hand to lick instead. ]

Pretty much. I was...remembering our first meeting.

[ From both sides, which is...disconcerting, to say the least. ]

It's - really hard to explain. But it wasn't a good time.