[Well, time to 'fess up. Now's as good a time as any, she thinks, so with that familiar blue ripple -- she's back to her normal self, brows furrowed -- after she backs up a little in case he reacts to this with undignified horror or something.]

She's back at the compound, and she's -- fine. I doubt she'd leave her house in this sort of situation.

[She brings a hand to the back of her neck and leans her head back.]

I just needed to get out of the Hold for a while without anyone recognizing me. So much for that.