She feels him say it, but she convinces herself he said something else, something less intimate and easier to say in return. It's not that she doesn't feel it, but that she's yet name it, so natal is this feeling between them. She pulls herself to her feet and gives him a gentle hug that's ginger more for her sake than his, then takes a few steps back.

"See you on the flipside, Phil."

And like that, she vanishes into thin air.