Elle has never even though to think of dan as inadequate. From the moment they met he's been a level-headed, not-so-stable rock for her. The first thing he ever did was try to save her. Then he showed her deep compassion while trying to pull her out of her worst memories. He never faltered, even when she wasn't in her right mind and lashed out at him. He would be hard-pressed to lose her regard after that. Luckily, his actions since then have done nothing but increase it.

Elle holds still as he works and considers his words.

"Hey, you're preaching to the choir. I'm not exactly an indoor cat," she jokes lightly. "Far be it from me to call anything about the situation in the Wilderlands 'nice', but at least it was green, you know?

"Maybe we should do day trips, or something. Some way for us to get out of here, and maybe help the people from really different worlds get used Earth."

Her first instinct was to say 'we should organize field trips' but she figures the implication of that much structure and necessary chaperoning might make Dan break out in hives.