Not exactly the first place you expected to wind back up in, huh?

[ She's thought about this very scenario before, especially now with him being the second person she knows who's left and returned, memories of this place restored; what would happen if she went through it, found herself back home living out more of her life, only to wake up in that sterile room with various needles poking at her all over again? She sighs, lips pressed together in a tight smile. ]

I'm sure you didn't mean that to be as loaded a question as it is. [ And the answer might have to wait until after she's tossed back at least one round; the elevator doors slide open with a chime and she steps out onto her floor, backing up a few paces while she fishes her keys out of her jacket pocket. ]

I survived my summer. Still in one piece, right? [ She holds her arms out to either side, although he'd probably been able to feel the evidence for himself pretty well with that earlier grope-hug. ] So really, I shouldn't have any complaints.