"Not that I'm not in pain already, but that would slow me down. They pretty much just pulled me after the whole incarceration bullshit, so I guess they wanted to make sure our handicap was worse." That she was a mentor had probably occurred to them.

"Dirty doesn't begin to cover it. Bet you already heard about Avoxes."

Only an idiot would keep that stuff from her.

"Some I have in mind, yeah," she said. "Looking for a few friends. Gotta see if I can find Ellie, then a girl even younger than me."