Nell had come to realize she didn't belong here, but she wasn't sure her memories of being on a train in space were any more real than those where she lived here - caring for and able to communicate with the big cats in the zoo - with a wonderful father and grandfather and a number of friends and potential other friends.

Maybe everything was a dream or a giant hallucination and she would wake up in her beloved Soulwood and go about her daily chores - alone as usual.

Still, dream, hallucination, or reality, if people needed help, Nell would try. She found the anchor symbol on her watch thing and reached out to those needing to return as she stepped into the light. "Come on," she said gently. "Don't be afraid. I'll help you get home."

And maybe then she could get home too.