[ Jesse has faint memories of Alan once saying this is what he wanted. A chance to hold her and be the rock or support she needed. She can't remember exactly when or where she said it, or how she even remembers, but she knows it happened. She curls into him after a moment. The notion is odd and strange to her. Not uncomfortable, just, foreign.

The quiet sigh he gives makes her smirk. At least she picked the right path this time. ]

I'll show you what we've been able to take back. It's not much, just namely Central Executive. [ A hand raises to make a gesture that he can't see. ] Polaris and I have been focusing on that while what's here of my management team works on trying to note who is here and find ways to help people after they... come back.

[ She briefly glances up at him to try and gauge his reaction to that. ]

Time doesn't work here the way it does back home. More like how it does in the Dark Place. I think. It's hard to tell. It feels like it's been awhile now... like a few months? Maybe more.

How long was it for you in the Dark Place? I know it was about a year after for us... did you ever figure out how to tell time there?