Ellie laughs. "I hope they're not supposed to be poetic and shit. When I read Dracula? I thought everybody's letters in the old world were like, high frickin' literature. But then I snuck out into an abandoned house, and I found an actual diary. They're all just people whining about things. And, like, I've got a ton more to whine about. Might as well."

She shrugs. "Anyway, I don't think it's a competition. I suck at it too."