They hold very still, torn between flinching away and leaning. God, they've missed her, but they're so on edge, too. They look sidelong at her, bring the flesh hand up to cover hers. That's something, right? "No. You're real. Just you're not from here. You're. The story the entity gave you. It's got holes in it, doesn't it? You asked me if you this real. It might not be. But you're real. You're a person." They think. They're pretty sure. Christ, they don't know if they want it to be true or not. "Just-- not the person who lives here. The entity stole you. Just like they stole me and Yondu and Kitty from where we're from."

They shake their head a little. "The proof is that we're all starting to remember. The world is starting to break. Things going missing. Transportation breaking down. Because it's too much for the entity to manage, all of us trying to remember."