Alice looked slightly puzzled by the exchange between the two - it wasn't as though she were completely ignorant of such relationships, but she'd never seen such an open display. The bewilderment didn't last long, however, because Alice knew when someone was being patronizing.

"Doctor Wilson informed me there's little hope on that front, I'm afraid. Terminal lack of common sense but at least I'm not drooling on the bedclothes anymore."

Alice may have been considered "off her nut" so to speak, but she'd started taking a defiant sort of pride in it. If being mad meant not taking things for granted, she'd wear it like a badge of honour.

"How much longer will he be stuck here?" She asked.