She gave a breathless laugh, holding on a bit more tightly than she normally did. "Still," she said, with a bit of a smile as she pulled away. Lotte took his arm and nodded, heading out. She didn't even look at the door to the basement, her mind off of it for once.
"I've been alright," Lotte said, glancing at him. All things considered, it had been - this morning was just a bad one. "Mostly." She shrugged, heading towards the park. "How have you been?"