[Oh Kel... if only you knew that all she put on was a facade. There was truth to her actions and thoughts, but even she was human. Try as she might she couldn't fix that, the pressure sometimes was just too overwhelming for her. She focused on slowing down her breaths, trying to get hers to match Kel's own pattern. Focusing on that alone helped quite a bit. When she felt herself calm enough to at least start figuring things out, she gently unwrapped her hands from Kel's- those too, were bigger that she remembered- and tried to wipe the residue of tears away from her eyes.]

I'm sorry... I... [She took another big breath before looking back at Kel. True enough she had to look up now instead of down to meet his eyes... just like with Hero... somehow the little boy she knew had... grown up? That didn't feel right to her but surely there was a reason?]

Kel... what happened? Where are we? Why are you... older? [The action alone of saying it out loud made it seem that much more real... If Kel was different, then what about Sunny? Aubrey? Basil? Hero? Had she somehow missed something?]