Gwen covered Owen's hand with hers, having released the coffee to do so. "Owen, I know. I know you want her home. Just, please, trust me, okay? I'm doing everything I can think of." She squeezed his fingers, rising up on tiptoes to kiss his cheek. "I'm gonna go get started. Give me...about an hour."

Thus saying, she picked up her coffee cup again and slipped out of her office, headed off to find a spot with decent cell reception to call her mother. Marie answered on the second ring, sounding surprised.

"Gwen! You're up early, dear." The Early Morning Show was playing in the background somewhere.

Gwen sighed, rubbing her forehead with the back of her hand. "Yeah, it's been...a rough week." Her mother tsk'ed in sympathy, but Gwen didn't have time to get into everything just now. "Listen, Mom, I need a favor. A huge one..."

A little over an hour later, Gwen slipped back into Blue's room, automatically checking her vitals and reporting that she had slipped into normal REM sleep and would be waking very soon. "Possibly even before we get out of here," she added, making another note in her memo book.

"Which is going to be in about fifteen minutes, so let me get her detached and ready. There's a transport van coming around, Debra will drive us out to Claremont."