She used to be so closed off to the world. It's strange for her, being seen so clearly. The girl who's raged against a lack of transparency doesn't always like having the shoe on the other foot.

"I know it's selfish of me to want him to stay. I want him to be happy, and I know he can't be happy until he gets home." But sometimes she wishes she got to be the selfish one. Just a little. Life is long and lonely and she wants, needs, something to fill it.

"He says he'll come back. And he means it, for now. But I don't see why he would."