[ Susato nods. Distantly she wonders if that's strange, to work when they don't have to. It was really just something to keep them busy, but she's quite certain she'd go mad without it by now. ]

We grew up together, actually, so I was very young. I was raised to be his assistant, but... I believe the appropriate phrase is, um, "life got in the way..."?

. . . To be honest, before waking up here, I wasn't sure when I would ever see him again.