"That's why I was --"

He gestures vaguely at his sewing mess.

"Gilbertine. She got her Chain back recently and had the usual high from it. I caught her before she could get into trouble and got her to teach me how to make chicken parmesan and she was bright and happy and laughing and I wish -- I could take her back to my world where women wear pants as they please, and give her a do-over."

So she could be like that all the time.