Ellie is now resting her chin entirely on the buck's back, watching him with careful eyes. He's... strange. He calls himself a mutant like Ruth (do they know each other? But if they do, why's he got eyes?) and talks about weird bullshit, but when you cut out all the nonsense, it's the same stuff she's seen. She wonders what his dimension is like. His homeworld.

She hopes it's not ruined yet.

"What was your answer?" She says, "I thought I could..." The truth is pulled out of her at a speed she isn't prepared for. She bites down in it, her eyes sliding away. "I thought a lot of shit."