She blinked a couple of times, disbelieving her eyes. Joe. He'd been one of her first big crushes, which wasn't all too surprising. You'd have to be an LMD not to have a crush on someone who shared Captain America's genes. He'd enlisted one day, and then disappeared. That had been a few years ago, and she hadn't honestly given him much thought since, except to once in awhile wonder where he had disappeared off to.

The cold, sullen look that had taken the place of what had once been a bright, sparkling smile broke a little as Roxie smiled at him, while cursing her misfortune. There had been a time, before the Kreenapping, when Roxie would have been all over Joe right then, like green on grass.

She tended not to take no for an answer.

But she was a different woman now.

Still, she pulled her old friend into a warm, if brief, hug, and then grabbed him by his arms and pulled him into the Mansion.

Finally, she said, "Me? You're the giant!" Roxie's eyes swept over him. He'd always been taller than her, but he had gotten so much taller since she'd seen him last. "You look fantastic, though." If a little scruffy, but it worked on him.

"How have you...where have you...how is everything?" She was leading him into the kitchen as she hammered him with questions. There may not have been any pies or tarts or cakes left, but there were things for sandwiches.