"Yeah, it's... other stuff happened," she hedged, shoulders hunching as her hand drifted to her bag, to the Item inside it. The townhouse was fine, albeit emptier than it should be.

"That is weird, though." Pepper tilted her head a little, studying the tree. "I mean, the trees are probably a weird Dreaming thing - pretty much everything weird around here is related to the Dreaming - so I guess you must be more sensitive to it. Has this happened with anything else? You've been here a while, right?"