Were she in better spirits and health, that smile might have been returned. Maybe even reaching her eyes. But for now, her world revolves around the sentiment that everything sucks, and in true teenage fashion all she has to offer him is a one-shouldered shrug.

"I don't think our pasts count for much here, past whatever importance we put on them. So — if this is retirement, what do you want to be here? I'm making a list."

Has been since day one, honestly. It's (admittedly almost like a hit list, but not so official) an ever evolving list, with each new arrival. But with most, she doesn't get the opportunity to sit down with and cut through the meat of the issue like this.