Hehe. I don't mind that much, actually. It helped snap me out of the mood I was in.

[ she wraps her arms loosely around her knees, looking over at him with a quiet smile on her face. ]

I know you were right, before. About not giving up. And I won't. I mean... even if things were difficult while the whole village was going crazy, that's obviously over now. There's really only one thing that's still bad right now, but ... if I can fix that, I think everything might finally start getting better again. [ a beat. ] That is, if the village doesn't blow up again or anything.