"I am, too," she agreed with him, as far as Billy was concerned. "I wanna give him a couple days first, though. Lauri-Ell says he's tuckered right the hell out, and all things considered, I'm not surprised."

If she'd been running an entire illusory city for that long, affecting that many people's thoughts and memories, it'd tire her out too. She could only imagine, considering how much effort it had taken her to make her mind palace.

"I'm glad there're those of us who had good things happen, though. It'll make it a little easier for him to cope. ... Not only that, but ... there might be parts of ourselves we saw that we could stand to cultivate a little more here. Y'know what I mean?"