[ She most absolutely did.

And they are most absolutely succeeding! Standing slowly and, if not with purpose, like reasonably healthy human adults! ]

Wow. [ Grinning and flushed and more pleased than she perhaps ought to be. ] We did it. Aren't you glad you eventually agreed to surrender yourself to me?

Hey. How do you feel about walking out of here? We could do that now, I bet. We have got to get these strange things off of us. Maybe there's some trick to it...?