"Better than the last time we met." She was a mess -- very upset -- and some of that hasn't changed. "The newness of this place is wearing off. Slowly."

She feels less isolated now. "Also, there is a friend here, from my world. That makes it much easier."

But this is far from all about her. "And you? What does" -- he used the term demigod -- "someone as powerful as you do to pass the time here?" There has to be more to it than drinking and doing good deeds, doesn't there? Before this place, she never considered mythology could be reality.