Re: quicklog, hotel: neil/mere
[It took only that nudge to draw her back to the here and now, her gaze disoriented for only a split second before she focused once again on Neil.] Yeah, I'm fine. [Because fine was easier to say than to try and put her thoughts into words, the things that were going through her head. She needed time to process that, to figure out where she would go from here. But for now... it was Neil, and that's who she wanted to focus on.]
Perfectly fine. [Yeah, it might have been a lie, but it was easy enough to say, and she scooted over on the bed to pat the mattress beside her.]