[When the video starts up, you can see a very tired-looking Kate Beckett sitting in a hospital bed. She's rubbing the bridge of her nose for a moment before she remembers that she turned on her bracelet and looks up, giving a small, tired smile.]

Not gonna lie, I honestly have no idea how this happened. But I must have lost my bracelet... [She shakes her head.] You weren't kidding Sam, that was seriously... yeah. Not fun.

If you guys tried to reach me in the past...week? Was I seriously gone a week? Anyway, if you tried to reach me and I didn't pick up...that's the reason. I'm sorry if I made any plans or anything. I really have no idea how I could have been so stupid.

[Kate sighs, rubbing her temple and trying to calm a raging headache she's had since she woke up. Right. The video.]

Conan, I'm sorry about disappearing like that. Especially with all I left you guys at the Forensics Unit...

I'm in Room 212 if you need me. I don't know when the nurses here will let me go. They seem to be really enthusiastic about my state of being, but it's not like I was shot or anything. [Even she cringes at how poor of taste that comment was.]

I'll be answering all the messages in my inbox shortly. Sorry about that guys, but I’m back now.



[filtered | private to castle]

Hey… [She’s not even going to try and look any less tired than she is. That whole mask she had up during the network video is gone. Kate doesn’t have to pretend with Castle, and boy is she tired.]

I’m…sorry. I didn’t…I know I- I didn’t mean to disappear like that. I don’t even remember taking it off, I swear. Just… I’m fine. Now. At least, I feel okay.

[She’s going to thread her fingers through her hair, pulling it back off her face.]

And if you could bring some, you know, real food…yeah. See you when you get here.