[ for a moment, she swears she can feel the contact of skin. but whether that's true or just her brain trying to parse touching someone that's not actually there, the illusion breaks when her fingers pass through his hand.

she murmurs an apology even as he "brushes" his thumb over the back of her knuckles, listening to him speak. ]

It is a lot to take in. [ she agrees; not just for him, although that's the person she's worried most about, but for herself as well. realizing chase had given up his body to save them, then to find him here, still in it, had her reeling a little as well. ]

These things take time, and time is something we have not had much of.

[ it had been one thing after another; weller's death, believing they'd lost the anvil, the revelations at RTASA and then dealing with nemesis, capped off with arriving here. she's not sure she's even had time to process it all - and she didn't know many of the people lost. ]

Even if it is just me here, though, I will honor our promise. That you won't be alone.