That's all a weird way to refer to a place, but at least Regan feels a little better prepared now. It seemed too good to be true that the quiet would last forever, anyway. It hadn't at home, either, and here... well, it's weirdly comforting that it's not different in that respect.

Is there usually any warning for that? she writes in her notebook. She draws a little emoji nervous face, with closed eyes and a squiggly mouth, beside her question.