And, really, Astrid figured this reuinion was going to be awkward either way, whether they waited until everyone was back and safe, or it happened now, so it was probably better to get it out of the way now.

"Hey."

She felt an almost immediate urge to start apologizing to Sabine, for the inconvenience, for ruining the nice spell she'd had with her own room, but she was just too tired, too drained, she figured that could just wait, for when everything settle and she could maybe talk to the moose about moving her, even if part of her knew it wasn't like that at all, because she'd left the painting there.