Darcy raced out the door before Dimitri could pin her down. Within the next half hour, Darcy comes slinking back. Restored to herself, more or less, it's just the eyes that give away how hard the last week has been.

"Hey," and she sounds so normal that it almost startles her for a moment. No hoarseness, not on this side.

"Sorry, had to stop Phil from having a PTSD moment. I ehn- it was bad."