"A day. No, two, I think," she says, and it's only then she realizes that she's lost track of time. She's not supposed to fall apart over this, but she hadn't even told Jason's sister that he was gone. For all that Fred knows of other dimensions, for all that she's seen in places like Darrow, she hadn't been prepared for it.

She should have been prepared. Maybe that's the most dangerous thing about Darrow: it's a place that sometimes makes you think you can just let your guard down.

"I'm sorry, I should have... I thought I was wrong at first, that maybe he was working or... I don't know."