No. It really wasn't. Not until a watch started up and made tacking noises. Was that the sound of a watch going backwards?
Honestly, she didn't know if she could count on him but he sounded like he meant it and that was enough. The one she was worried about the most was herself. Could Phoenix count on herself? No, not at the moment.
She wasn't going to cry. Hell no. No crying. Not in front of new friends, "Just... See what happens when you try to be normal? Things get all screwy like Dodo in those cartoons. Oh-do-dee-oh and all that."