[Snorting with amusement, Pen turns back to the console to set the autopilot and then sinks down in her chair some.]

Maybe. I dunno, we'd already been through hell together. Shrunk to six inches tall, fighting off a fucking possum, avoiding owls in the dark. The ghost woods, and those damn echo flowers.

...Honestly come to think of it, I'm surprised more people didn't end up dating because of those first few months when nobody really had any powers. Or any clue what was going on.