"I'm glad to hear it," she replied as she paused in wiping down the glass to consider the question for a moment. "Two years this Christmas Eve...which I hadn't realized until now, actually. My life back home is really different from this." In a lot of ways, Sydney was no longer that same girl she'd been back then. Now, if she came face to face with her father or the Alchemists, she wouldn't back down; even the thought of him no longer sent her spiraling as it once did.
"I'm happy, I got married last month, and...I'm really glad I'm here," Sydney told him.