"There was a time when we seemed to misplace a bunch of people, but there's always been a kind of current, like ocean waves. They come and go. Sometimes the waves are small. But this is... I don't know why it should be, but it feels different."
She looked up at her partner from the notes, smiling a little bit. "Only for a little while. Not any amount of time I would call significant."
Charlie's voice going a bit to the sad side on her account was sweet. She understood what he meant by it, too. It did feel weird thinking back to that time, BC. Before Charlie.