At least Karen isn't stubbornly determined to crack her way out of here as Peggy had been, all that time ago. It only leads to disappointment and a strange heartache. Recon and exploratory missions have a goal they can actually achieve, which is why she's rather pleased to hear it.

"No, they're fairly decent," she agrees. "Be careful up there," Peggy warns, as she starts to wrap the rope around her waist, trying not to think about the last time she'd belayed for someone and how what happened then isn't something she ever wants to repeat.

The prospect of being sucked into another dimension by zero matter is not on any of her to-do lists, particularly, after all.