"Totally different Sydney," Nadia said. "She showed up in the middle of one of my deep cover missions and basically dragged me off, but I forgave her eventually."

More than forgave her; she and Sydney were pretty much best friends. When Nadia wasn't comatose, anyway.

"It's certainly tempting. People tend to give up on you when you're in a coma for eleven months. But what would I even do in your world?"