I was not. My involvement in the effort to return the chalice through the portal limited my time, but I did meet some who were affected. It seems to have been a difficult ordeal for some.

[ For many possibly. She doesn't pretend to wholly understand the consequences such a transformation might have on a person. At day's end, a person cannot live in what has been or may be. They are now. They live now. Regardless of what was, these truths are. She does find herself pausing, however. Angela has family here? To have had family affected... ]

I hope you and yours have had an easier time of it.

[ She may not have family here herself, but she does have friends who were affected and that had affected her. It seems somewhat distant for the hint of dread rising from the pit of her stomach in the wake of butterflies as she returns to Angela's initial statement. She thinks she knows what about. That knowledge doesn't make it any more pleasant, of course. ]

You said you had been meaning to speak to me?