It does, sometimes. [She smiles back, a bit more subdued.] And it is--funny, I mean. But the pharaohs and the--the entire culture, I suppose...it was all as much part of my childhood as fairy stories and Father Christmas. And that makes it easy to come back to when I'm homesick.

[Except for lately, in these last few days. Evy falls silent for a moment or two; the subject's one that cuts just a little too close to the elephant in the room.] But what about you, Dr. McCoy--or, er, would you prefer Leonard? [He did call her Evelyn earlier, after all.] What else do you do when you miss home?