[Indeed, Helena's instinctual response is a negative one. But nuts to that. They can work something out.]

I'd like that. I . . . don't have much on my plate at the moment, actually. I could stay for a bit.

[She's really striking out in a brave new direction here. She's usually strict with her time, not one for spontaneously changing plans like this, not one for lingering anywhere when she doesn't have to, but right now she doesn't want to leave.

Besides, she trusts Rex to pick a good safe hiding place. The odds of her pursuers coming looking for her here is low, she wagers.]