"Here's hoping it's not long until we can figure out all this and get you back, then, yeah?"

For Melanie's sake, she's hoping, at the very least. Basira does what she can not to dwell on the idea of going back for too long. She's sure there's plenty of people here who are looking forward to facing that conundrum, who will have a significantly easier time weighing what to do, but she isn't even remotely among them.