Kate spent the break in conversation staring blankly across the room, alternating between chocolate and slow sips of whiskey.

She blinks and looks down when Bela speaks, shaking her head slowly.

"I... I can't. I can't close my eyes, there's..."

She sighs, breath shuddering out of her lungs, and admits:

"If I close my eyes, then I'm admittin' that this is all real. That I'm awake, and Doc is really somewhere outside that door. I might not wanna open 'em again."