I don't think I'll have any problem with that. We've earned the right to live without them. Pick a direction and we'll head in it.

[It doesn't matter where they go. It will be something new, and offer them new opportunities. She thought that was a worthy goal to pursue. General, and attainable.

It's almost surreal. She laughs again, and there's a teasing note in her voice when she speaks again.]

And to think...on my way over, I couldn't even decide if this was a date or not. Here we are planning on running away together.