"Maybe. I don't know if he's safe at home, but he'll be back with his team. He seemed to have some stuff to work out back there. He'll be back somewhere familiar, which is good." Fred had no intention of going back to her timeline. Then again, she was fairly certain she'd never left it. At least not in a way anyone would notice. "I'm glad he's not here because the City can be weird, but I miss him."
When he apologized, she didn't understand at first. Her eyes fixed on the now rather broad chest that she guessed was covered in blue fur, but was currently under a tee. She stared a little, then it sunk in.
"Oh! That's you! I thought maybe something in here had decided to start making sounds. I guess it did, not that you're a something. You're a someone." She laughed softly. "I don't know. It's okay. What is it? I mean, I know it's you, but what does it mean? Oh! Can I feel it!" He had to know by now she was the curious type.
"It'll make me feel better?" She tried to look a little sad, and while she still was, curiosity, something new to learn and experience, was certainly trumping the sad. For now.