Makes dropping in easier. Tomorrow, then. Say around 6? I'll leave you to get reacquainted with your friends until then.

Given the inherent danger of her world, her alluding to an injury is unsurprising, and he types out the deceptively casual reply with the grim expectation that whatever the matter is, it wouldn't surprise him, either, to find Clementine's version of a 5 is really more like a 7 or 8.

At the appointed time the next day, Clementine will a knock on her door. Her neighbor is here and he's come bearing provisions.