"I did." Her gaze drops a moment, but when it lifts again it holds his steadily. "I was worried you had been here all that time." She'd been back on her ship nearly a year; she wasn't sure how time passed between the two worlds but somehow the thought of him being stranded here without her for months and months bothered her.

"I thought about you a lot while I was gone, too. First thing I did was come look for you, but you weren't here. I was glad--at least you were home."

Or as glad as you can be while you missed someone a lot.