"It was the same on the island," she says thoughtfully, chewing on her lower lip a little as she considers it. "He was, I mean. Solid. We weren't close by any means, but I knew him enough to know he wasn't walking through walls."

She pauses, then asks, "Has he told you about the island?" Because saying it like that, in such an offhand way, is bound to confuse someone who doesn't know anything about it.