Her senses couldn't lie to her so thoroughly, she knew; he was definitely there. And just with everyone else who had disappeared and come back, if even briefly, Lydia felt a flood of emotion not unlike missing. That was all she could say: she'd missed him. But it was indeed one of those deals, and she laughed a little as he set her back down and she released him from the bear hug of an embrace.

"It was," she lied through a grin, entirely teasing. "Everything was so wonderfully quiet, and we got so much done."