She was daydreaming by the time he had gotten back and Sirius sitting down across from her nearly startles her as she's pulled back into reality. Taking a breath, Alice decides to permit it, for her sake of easing back into social settings.

"No, sir," Maybe he could use the company, she thinks. Alice is eighteen years old and seems to sink into a child-like demeanor, despite herself.

"Do you close by?" She finds herself blurting out her curiosity, nearly hiding behind her mug as she tried to sip tea that was likely a little too hot to drink at the moment.