[ Paying attention as she takes the ingredients from Dick, Loki's curiosity only subsides when he tries to catch her eye and she looks down at the pan of eggs. She shrugs carelessly, as if the memory — of leaving without saying goodbye (after her awful confessions) and paying for the New Year's rave with treasure so the YA could party without her — doesn't hurt. ]

Billy Kaplan was one of them. He's here, I live with him in the apartment, so it's hard to miss him when he has no level of chill.

[ It's a light-hearted tease but it omits another answer, that she misses them all quite a lot. Best to move the conversation away from herself. ]

Which diner was it that you frequented? I settled in Manhattan and know it well, maybe there is some overlap between our universes and I went there too. [ A small wistful smile curls up the corners of cherry-red lips. ] Perhaps we were sat opposite each other in the same booth. Same day, same place, same time ... different worlds.

[ That's a pretty thought, naively unlikely though it is. ]