[ Oh sugar. To have something like this happen twice in one lifetime is... unthinkable. And all kinds of awful. For a moment, she considers telling him about her world, about how it was practically gone already, but it's not the same and the words won't come, so she focuses on something else instead. ]

Well, you're in luck. The new way isn't all that bad. We're treated as refugees down in Olympia, so the living arrangements aren't all that fancy, but there are jobs available and most people are pretty nice.