Sitting back in her seat Lily processed all he'd had to say, nodding slowly as she turned the notion of such an alliance over in her mind, certain it was exactly the sort of thing Horace would do.

"Do you agree that we'll share whatever useful information we come across?" She had been diligent in her efforts to piece together what was happening around her in this bizarre world, and if they were both being diligent observers, they would see twice as much. More information was the key, she believed it as firmly now as she did back home, and always would.

"And that if one finds a way back home they'll take the other?"

Sure, the years wouldn't line up exactly, but it was better than here, even if the thought of returning to the war he claimed to have played some part in turned her stomach.