[Crane was surprised by how quickly Eames opened the door, which was definitely not a show of nerves on Crane's part. He'd been thinking through the effects of being officially paired. Because it did make a difference, didn't it? Crane tried not to look too obviously uncomfortable at Eames' smile or the hand on his shoulder, but did reply to Eames' greeting.]

Quite. There's nothing like an unexpected absence. [Crane stepped into the room, glancing around at it. It looked similar enough] Although by the sound of the last two floods I'm almost glad that I wasn't here.

[Crane walked over to one of the chairs, sitting down. He was still on the fence as to whether having the complete loss of time was better or worse than playing house in suburbia and being slaughtered by Aztec gods. The jury was still out.]