Faye remembered that message. Even the reluctance to say anything about it at the time. But she had. She liked to think that with her all her faults, she wasn't so obstinate as to ignore something that weighty. Even if she didn't understand everything about it.

She'd like to say 'No problem' but she knew what happened after. That's another reason Julia being here surprises her. She doesn't think she'll get used to the dead just being pulled back. What's one supposed to ask them that wouldn't sound like a jab at dying? 'How do you feel?' Maybe for someone else. But for Julia, she actually thinks through it.

"You asked me to. ... Did you just get here?"