He didn't like that she had all that weight on her shoulders - that she'd taken on so much responsibility, immunity or not. She wasn't, in Joel's opinion, responsible for the whole world's survival. No matter what Marlene wanted to think. Wanting to help, that was one thing, but this sense that everything depended on one kid?

He shook his head faintly. "You didn't. You know the odds were always stacked against us. Gettin' kidnapped, well. That ain't your fault." He paused a moment, thinking. "You put some more gray in my hair, though. So don't do it again, okay?"