She rolled her eyes. "I dun't mean that. I wouldn't say that." But he had a point. She could be too blunt sometimes. "I just want to know what happened, is all. Besides, they might need someone to talk to. And it's not like any one of us is really good at gettin' help when we need it." All too stubborn. More than a little scared too, she thought.

She sighed at the reassurance, though it made her pause. Liked it? She was fairly sure that she should be glad of that; she had too, after all. Just too much. "Good. Because I wouldn't want to feel..."

(The star that leads the way is your star.)

"...left out of things. Just because I stopped thinkin' with my brain for a moment." Her mouth twisted in a self-deprecating manner and she took another sip of cocoa to mask it.