[ she does chuckle at his joke -- she doesn't know much about the american capital but the fact that it's the capital is enough for her to judge with a wrinkled nose. ]

You bet your behind I am. [ she likes to think it's her calling. ] Though he hasn't shown up to ruin my vacation yet. Probably off gallivanting, forgetting he needs me around. You know him.

[ and jack probably knows donna, too. the way she casually brushes off the fact that she got stuck on a boat by treating it like a prize getaway. like she doesn't hunt for clues every day, checking out different parts of the ship with marked interest. she won't talk about getting stuck in that birthday room fiasco, or how this feels eerily similar to a certain library she'd visited before.

suffice it to say, she's got a lot of notes back at her room. ]

I'll give him his due when I catch sight of him though, you better believe it.