[Her eyes perk up at that, because that is very interesting and something she's filing into the back of her mind to investigate later. 2019 didn't have the tech to save her father - or so she assumes - but maybe this time period does.

She knows she shouldn't be hoping for something that seems to be unavoidable, but maybe there's a chance the Monitor wasn't such a dick after all. Maybe he sent her here to give her hope.]

Handy.

[She then considers again.]

I take the locals aren't too fond of the temporally challenged if you're warning me against being too obvious.