[That wins a genuine smile partnered with a tip of his head in her direction]

I must take your word for it. Though I am sure you must be right.

[In this moment he feels torn down the center, ripped between a brand of relief and a species of fear, stitched together only by that relentless curiosity of his. In many ways it is a relief to have someone from his world here. Someone who knows the familiar names. The same conflicts. But that brings its own minefield.

He feels a knot sitting in his throat. The same as whenever the name Binghamton had been passed around and he had never wanted to look. To see the things that Marcus had wanted him to see. Now...now he's not so sure he wants to know what is coming after he gets out of his cell.

But he tries to push all of this aside for the moment. Kat is here. She is real. And while she might be from his future, she has become his present. And that is what matters right now.]

Have you given any thought to your living situation here, Kat?