She bites her lip and lets him have his freak out, carefully collecting the kitten as he makes a swipe at Hawkeye's leg as he's passing.

"Potential bride. We've been here a long time and he hasn't picked any of us, and even if he did, we can say no. He doesn't want to marry anybody who doesn't want to marry him." There's far more to it than that, regarding prophecies and all that, but she's definitely holding off on those facts until another day.

"Besides, this place we are right now? We're cut off from the Nysgods here, so don't think you have to don a white dress just yet, okay? As for going home, sometimes people do disappear and end up back home, but we don't know how they manage it. It's all random."