[ Jesse raises herself slightly from him. The arm wrapped around moves, resting against the side of his face. Green eyes lock onto his gray ones to demand his focus and attention on her. The lighter gray eyes that show no shadows or hint that the Darkness has a hold on him. It's only in his mind that it does--that he thinks it does. She can't change that for him. Only help him see that it doesn't haunt him any longer. ]

Whenever the AWE ended? Nothing was left. Everything was pulled back into the Lake. We have a monitoring station to be able to tell if things begin to move. We'll work on making sure nothing gets out--or at least that we're ready if it does.

[ There's the matter that when they investigated Alice's apartment? There was nothing left for the Bureau to take. Some one else had already been in to clean it out. It's details she doesn't want to share with Alan. Not until they can find out who took what out of the apartment he shared with his wife. She owes it to both Alan and Alice to get to the bottom of it. For now? It's just something else for him to worry about. ]

A date? [ Eyes widen slightly with a hint of pink to her cheeks. ] No, you don't owe me any of them. We don't even need to go on dates. It's not required.

[ She blinks once, twice. Another version of her? Younger. Eyes dart to the side in thought. ]

How was she? I mean, how did she act.