Even knowing what she knows, and more of what she's guessed, Hera is a little taken aback by the floating.

(She was also more than slightly worried his 'hold on' presaged him walking out and coming back closed-off. That would be hard to take, and she'll think about what that means at a later time.)

"Is that -- ?"

No, she doesn't even have a guess for this.

"What is it? "