He didn't even notice her at first - her entrance so quick and quiet and his eyes and his mind firmly elsewhere, tumbling in dark spaces he'd managed to escape months ago - now returned with a force.

It wasn't until he caught movement out of the corner of his eye that he realised anyone else was there at all - and he stiffened abruptly. He only relaxed when he noticed just how young his visitor was.

"Are you supposed to be in here?" He growled lowly, though there wasn't enough malice in it to make it threatening.