( there will be no downplaying of this moment! get that waving hand out of the way, rita, just accept the delighted pride of an older sister figure and deal with it. clarke does lean back a bit to mull over the possibility the s.o.s never reaches anyone's ears, and finds she still can't be entirely demoralized. )

Sometimes luck and opportunity is all you have. And if it doesn't work we'll try again, or try something different — case and point being we'll try.