"Hey, the way I figure, things are going to get pretty messy, the longer we're here, right? So no point in being sad about it. If my dad was here, hes probably be trying to protect me from all of this, but there's no real way to do that. Too much stuff going on."

She shrugged. "It sucks, but if she'd in the pods, at least she's protected, right? You have to worry about you, so when this is all over, she has her older sister to look after her."