[Hrgh. Well, she had told him she would tell him upon arrival. Rei averts her eyes to focus on the wall, trying to get... something out of it. Had anything weird happened? Had she done anything out of the ordinary? No... she had just sat down to think and meditate and then came back before it was going to rain.]

... I went for a walk, just outside the outer wall, on the outskirts of the Wastelands. I just needed to clear my head.

[She chews on her lip for a moment before looking up at him with a frown.]

I've only been gone for three or four hours, at the most, but --

[Rei rifles around in her pocket to take out her PCD, to glance at the date.]

... it's been ten days?