[ ... oh. she gets what he's trying to say... and her expression sobers. she looks straight ahead, for a moment, then slightly down. ]

... It's been worse, before. Once, when they took me, I came back... [ a pause, where she looks up at him. ... if anyone would understand .... ]

I thought I looked like... my real thing. The person I was made from... while I was there they did something to me that made me have his face, they showed me, I could feel it...

But when I got back I was normal. Like it never happened... [ a pause. unconsciously she brought a hand up to touch her face, her hair, and she abruptly drops it once she realizes. ]

.... it wasn't bad this time. They just made me practice my magic over and over.