[ caitlin's already seemed to have picked up on the evidence that suggests that she's not wrong about that statement. her clothing's different, her hair's longer, and she looks even more battleworn than when caitlin last saw her. this place is still different than the others they've been to since first arriving in the cage in the castle, but there are some constants in how the people they're with continue to move and fight.

the headband is placed back on her head just so she doesn't lose track of it, then she nods to caitlin before taking off running, leading her to the cave. once they're securely inside she exhales with relief, glad they're in the clear and that caitlin's taking this well enough to have questions. ]

I did. We were. It's hard to explain, but when Marcos and I went through that portal, we ended up somewhere else. We were held captive in a cage above a group of undead psychics in a castle until we got help getting set free.

[ that's...a start, anyway. ]