It takes some time, but the more the man talks, the longer she watches his face, the more she realizes he is no stranger.

It's been...a long series of happenings since last this man stumbled into view.

He's not covered in sand this time, at least.

"Too high indeed." She opens the door more fully, revealing a room that seems to have gotten into a fight with a stationery store for all the notebooks and papers lying about in stacks and piles.

"May I see it? In relation to my key, maybe we'll have you a clue of direction."