[Ben cocks his head ever so slightly to one side, another, shorter pause - he doesn't understand what's going on here. There's a simple explanation, of course, but it's almost too simple.

He draws a slightly deeper breath.]

She's here to find out. She knows something's missing, but not what, or why, or how to get it back. Just that it's gone. [Another breath, finding his stride.]

She's from a much warmer place than here, and some of it she balances out by smiling, and some of it with clothing. Scarves, thick sweaters, like that.

Her people communicate in colors instead of sounds, though she learned to speak when she forgot who she was; now she tries to talk with the colors to find out what she's missing.