[ All Riley thinks, foolishly, is maybe after everything...maybe she can just focus on the good things. Maybe she can just, uncomplicated, have a nice time with her friend. That the museum, the day by his tree, they can just...not matter.

It's laughable, how quickly she'll give in to a fantasy. ]

You are? [ This must be evidence that he's thinking of the other life too; after all, how could he want to see her otherwise? ] Well... Good! I mean— I'm glad to see you too. It's— well, it's...sort of...been awhile.

[ No, wait, don't remind him of that— ] Soooo howww have you been?