"I'm fine," she said, feeling both exasperated and... well, touched about it. "Not a hair out of place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Now.

There had definitely been hairs out of place when she'd fled from daemons but, like, he didn't need to know that.

"I didn't realize you would be," she said, which wasn't the same as not thinking about it, if looked at sideways. "I mean, like, I know you guys care but I didn't........... I didn't realize................"

It sounded stupid, the way it was coming out, that she hadn't realized they'd care that she was gone, while she knew they cared about her, but it was true.

"I thought it would be okay," she said, "since you guys knew I was gone, so you wouldn't worry..................."

It was so strange, to be scolded and to hate it and to revel in it too.

"I, um, I............. didn't have my phone on me, for most of the trip. It was.......... mailed back to the island for safety's sake."