... There really was no way to make that a smooth recovery, but you did it with so much panache that I'm sort of impressed anyway.

[ She's worked with Zeke for long enough that she's learned to sort of take Everything about him in stride but sometimes he just serves himself on a silver platter and she really can't resist.

She gives one more Big Stretch before climbing back to her feet and fingercombing her sleep-mussed hair. ]

There weren't any major emergencies while I was over there? It was only a few hours, but still...