It's wonderful to see her happy, elated and smiling and not the perpetually wary child he first met wandering in the halls, but the joy upon seeing Melanie's excitement is soon tempered by a stab of regret. However much he's glad she's more at ease now, this is just a dream and sooner or later she'll have to return to the waking world which, as Daniel is beginning to understand, won't be as easy to escape as reading aloud from a book.

He refuses to let his grin fade, however. For the first time she seems to be completely open and delighted to explore this new space, and he won't spoil that for her.

"Sure," Daniel replies, tightening his grip on the book for safekeeping. He has no idea what they may even need it for, but he's not about to put down potentially useful items where he won't be able to find them again. "Love what you've done with the place."

He's also retroactively grateful that allergies are no longer an issue for him. The amount of vividly colored flowers is almost overpowering.