[ Harold notices the tense correction and feels it keenly as someone still finding himself struggling with the same thing. Not just for Root, who he's had a bit more time to get accustomed to losing, but for John and the Machine. ]

I really haven't the faintest idea, [ he says frankly, mouth quirking with a hint of humor. ] She said something about soup, but I was a bit distracted by the fact that she'd drugged the wedding photographer.