[ ... Why is he smiling? The smile makes her frown twist a little in confusion, and ultimately fade into mild annoyance, the flash of frustration having now passed. It's a silly thing to be offended over anyway.

This is a lot, though. The more he talks the more it becomes. She shifts her stance slightly. At least the monster seems to be slowing down outside. Giving up? She hopes so. Being stuck in this room while knowing there's a whole new world to understand makes her a little more on edge than she'd like to be.

Though that's not entirely the reason. The more he talks the more she becomes anxious. Gods and monsters and they've been here since the beginning and never to De Chima and Gansey came and left. No mention of her. This was her first time. Is that reassuring? Maybe. What's not is knowing that she's lost something with four different boys. It's not everything, but it's enough.

And that takes more bite out of her than anything. Her anger fades more to a look that verges on being sad. Before she catches herself and quickly replaces it with something more fierce. That'll do. ]

I was on Earth, but it wasn't our Earth. It was like the fifties never ended, including the part about us being in a cold war with Russia. Except it wasn't so cold anymore... not towards the end.

[ She shakes her head and looks away. ] We were there for months... and you don't remember. Instead you were here for months....

[ She glances up at him. ] Was I ever here?