The truth is, she hasn't anyone to talk to like this. When Ben talked to her it felt smarmy, like a violation of her space and time. But James is curious, he remembers things about her because they come up again in conversation, and for the first time in a long, long time, she feels safe giving parts of herself away.

"University of Michigan." But she didn't go and so, she looks up at him as they walk.

"My mom got sick my that summer, and it was...fast. So I stayed," she explains succinctly.