"Like you've given everything you can, exhausted all your efforts, and nothing good ever really comes of it. And maybe you never should've tried at all. Yeah," Ava's right there too. "It sucks. Being up against such impossible odds. And realizing you're just... not enough."

She closes her book. "I'm not... easy to deal with, Darcy. That's not your fault. Being here is the first time I've been around actual people. For any extended amount of time. But I'm trying to learn, pay more attention to how I come off. Because I do actually want you to like me."