Ash’s desperate gambit in the Doctor’s hidden clinic has paid off, returning her home as though from a dream. Faced with the revelations of the clinic, many questions have been answered, but many still more remain.
Ash finds that Gun Cotton has taken a turn for the worse while she’s been gone. If she was really gone at all.
In any case, it’s readily apparent that her work isn’t yet done, and this moment of happiness might be little more than a brief reprieve.