Bruce, [ she repeats, folding her hands into her lap. Before the introduction of the database, she thinks, His network handle might have been as secretive as my own. ] I know you will forgive me. One day I will learn to build a fire, but that time is not yet come.

[ Not without Drogon. His curiosity as to her travel status is met with a direct gaze through the fire, and a more genuine smile than the other. ]

I am never truly alone. [ No longer. ] My friends are unobtrusive, but they are never far.

[ """Friends.""" She speaks with the utmost confidence, built over more than a year's worth of experience. Loki and Ahad would not fail her. ]