"Seems like we've seen more of each other already than we ever would otherwise." Would Blaze normally let anyone bar her Ghost see half the things Hughes has (knowingly or not)? She'd rather not have to see them herself, honestly.

"Tried out everything I can, right?" She's thinking out loud while she munches the scone. "Eating, sleeping, getting hurt, getting cold, getting emotional. Don't know how you focus with all that going on in here, but that's a whole other matter."