"I'm fine, there were just some creepy fuckers and I thought I'd skedaddle, you know?" She had to take a moment to catch her breath. She was pretty sure Joel wouldn't freak out at Tommy like he had Sarah. Tommy was at least still alive back home.

But it was weird. She couldn't think of why Tommy would be there-- land between dreaming and death... or something. Dreaming. Right. Not everyone was dead there. "Joel's here too, just got here actually.. again. He's probably back at his place."

She brushed her hair aside, and glanced in the direction she was pretty sure the Earth Sector was in. "We've all been sticking together since shit started going down-- he's gonna want you there, too."