Colonel, don't joke around! [He seems perfectly serious, but sometimes it's nice to pretend.]
[Still, his last sentence makes her stop short, eyes widening.]
How long was I gone for? [Time had passed in a strange, blurry haze when she was in the custody of the Malnosso. She knows it was for awhile, but for the Colonel to say that...]
[Action]
[Still, his last sentence makes her stop short, eyes widening.]
How long was I gone for? [Time had passed in a strange, blurry haze when she was in the custody of the Malnosso. She knows it was for awhile, but for the Colonel to say that...]
[Ion must be so worried.]