Her lips stayed open for mere seconds before her entire demeanour shifted and she straightened up, clearing her throat and shaking her head, an ironic, bitter smile twisting up one corner of her mouth.

"Of course," she said, huffing out a brief, mirthless laugh. "I get pulled to different dimensions over the last several years after being taken from the home we shared in Portland, I'm finally reunited with you after so, so very long," --her voice broke slightly at the word 'so'-- "and it's not a version who's ever laid eyes on me in the slightest." Her eyes search, plead as she peered into his.

Thanks, universe.