Her smile had always had a way of waking up his. He smiled right back at her - a rare enough sight, when it came to the wolf man.

"You've no need to apologize. These things happen." he said, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder. "You were right in your post - portals and the like are tricky to deal with. It's just lovely to see you back at all. And it sounds as though you've had quite an interesting time of it, no less."

Of course he wanted to hear all about her adventure! But she had just arrived and he didn't want to be a pain by asking her a bunch of questions.