She dead-eyes him. "Sure. Might as well," she says. "But if you do, you won't ever get another chance to try."

And his question really brings this whole thing to a head. She licks her lips. "Yeah, you were here until two months ago," she says. "Or a version of you. And a whole lotta bullshit has happened since then, but I managed to find it in me to miss you, somehow."