[ Over the years, she's become rather skilled at compartmentalizing, at reserving certain behaviors for certain moments and then managing to recover herself quickly enough, and the same holds true for right now, with the two of them seated beside one another — though perhaps with an increased level of comfort between them.

They're both certainly sitting more relaxed, him lounging back against the couch with his shirt still undone and her tilted on her hip, inclined in his direction. ] It seems it would have only been a matter of time before I tried it for myself. [ Or not, considering her last memories of home, but that's a conversation for a future time. ]

Challenging. [ She won't mince words. ] Confusing, on occasion. But fascinating. There were days I spent on the train when I first arrived just riding around the city, looking at all the sights.