[ Until recently, Claire hasn't thought much about which emotions seem to favor humans, if she's supposed to feel those things in the same way or not. Perhaps it would have been easier had she simply been turned off how badly she'd felt, or found someone to go into her mind and turn those things of for her. ]

It helps to know you might've reacted the same way.

[ She pulls a few more weeds, the first part of the question easy to answer. ]

I haven't seen him. [ But does she want to? She already knows the answer, that she wants him to come home, that she'd be ecstatic if Sam decided it was too much after all. ] I don't know if it would be weird or not. Right now, I imagine it would be awkward. I'm not even sure what I would say to him, because he'd ask how I am, and I could either lie and say never been better or tell the truth and say I miss him. He won't buy the first because I can't lie to save my life, and what's the point of the second? I don't want to make him feel bad.

[ She does think she's getting there though, or she wouldn't be making her home inviting once more. Maybe 'never been better' will be true sooner rather than later. ]

It will take time, I think.