A smile is a start; at least, Raine thinks, it isn't world-shatteringly bad, if he can still smile at her. "Yes, I have some time," she says. The theorizing she was in the middle of will keep. In a moment, she smiles back at him, a little but genuine thing. "Here, or would you prefer to go somewhere? I have tea..."

He's being cryptic. Her smile fades a little as she studies him, concern making a resurgence.