Thinking rationally and not emotionally was the best way to approach this subject. The fact that Helena was able to think rationally was a good thing. Her emotions were starting to get a bit crazy on her with all the returning memories and the emotions that accompanied them, on top of what she'd just been through in her own world. All of it proved she wasn't in a place to properly or healthfully care for Emily. Helena knew if she took Emily right now, she'd only use her daughter to put all her focus on and not allow herself time enough for her memories and emotions to properly settle within her.
Unfair as it may be, Helena was used to life being unfair. This was no different, and given she knew that Emily staying here for the time being was the best, she wasn't fighting it or resenting it. Emily was safe here, and that's what Helena wanted. Even if it took her a few weeks to be at a point where she was ready to be a mother again, at least she knew Emily would be safe and cared for here. Though Helena did wish she could instantaneously be able to take her daughter home with her, life never worked like that. No, she needed time to process, time to find her footing here again and try to come to some peace with her memories of being here and what had happened back home.
And now Helena started to feel slightly awkward. Whether it was because she felt the love she held for Svetlana again or because of what Mrs. Frederic had told her was unclear, but it was perhaps some combination of the two. Helena knew she could trust Svetlana, that she did trust Svetlana, it was why she was even here right now, and why she'd come to her before making her presence known to everyone else here. But Mrs. Frederic's voice was still nagging at her. So she tucked some hair behind her ear, revealing a couple ear piercings that she hadn't had the last time she was here.
"I am glad to know this is real and not just some dream my subconscious conjured up for me." Slightly random and awkward, but it was a thought that was on Helena's mind. She was glad that this place hadn't just been some dream, that the things she'd suffered here and the friends she'd made were real and not just a product of her subconscious trying to tell her something. Well okay, it had told her something, letting her know it was okay to move on, okay to feel. But having all of that coming back at once was overwhelming.