"Hey, they keep telling me it's okay to come back. Somehow I believe them every time." Cough. They're nice and they treat the animals right, which is always good enough for her.

"Oh. I'm sorry, Clark." That's enough to put a small dampener on her joy about his return. "Did you talk it over with Mrs Kent?" Eirene might settle her other hand over the coffee-twirling one now.