( What an... odd thing to say. Awkward as the comment might seem, she still laughs. ) I suppose so, yes.

Well, 'kidnapped' is a rather dire way to look at it. I was thinking more that we simply... underwent a transition. We were somewhere else, and now we're here, and doubtless we'll return to where we are meant to be when the time is right. ( Optimism verging on delusions: it's a coping mechanism. )

Oh, well, I heard there's a bar! In my experience, the air in bars is less than fresh.