Alice pulled a blanket up and around her. Somehow it made her feel a little safer. She didn't know what was going on. She wondered if she had been drugged or something and was hallucinating. Everything seemed so real, but she really wanted this to be a dream. She pinched herself. Oof. No, definitely awake.
She sat there, watching the exchange between her brother and her boss. Digger seemed just as freaked out as her, if not more. "What do you mean? What's going on?" It was the most intelligible thing that had come out of her mouth in several minutes.