[DC smells like DC always smells at 3 in the morning. The cold night air gives him a chance to push the more disturbing thoughts to the side - like the fact that he technically just lost three weeks - and focus on what matters. The work at hand. And if she's here, unchanged, then there is a possibility that others are as well. He can't ignore that.]
Okay. So where do we start... [More to himself than to her.]