"Oh." At first, it seems like she's going to leave it there, but she's unfortunately much too naturally verbose to let anything lie with a single word when she doesn't have control over it. "So people really do die and come back here. Are you alright? I imagine it wasn't very recent now, but the first time that happened to me I was shaken up for quite a while."

First time. Great, okay, we're here. Lucretia sighs again, shoulders slumping. "At least it probably doesn't take very long, or so I've heard. The most disorienting part for me was losing those months."