[A pause. Could he really handle three dogs at the moment on top of everything else?]

They'd probably like that.

[Does she want the truth? It really isn't pretty, after all. No, he doesn't think she'll return. From what he'd seen some of the others who were mur-- who'd died had returned, but won't hold onto a hope that may never come. After all, the other him hadn't returned to her, so what reason did he have to believe this place would be kind to those from his world?]

I don't know what to think anymore.

[Sorry, Lust, but you're the first person -other than Dawn- whom he's really said anything to since it happened.]

It must be nice, not to be human. Not to have to deal with human problems and emotions... or maybe that makes it worse?