"Something like this," she agrees, a bit vaguely. It was different in her universe. There were only two kinds of hungry, and she understood how things worked, and the only human she had to worry about protecting was Miss Justineau. Here, she feels as if she has to protect everyone, because this isn't the way things are supposed to be for them.

It was easier back home - easier to let humanity go, because they only would have destroyed what little hope was left if she hadn't.

"ROMAC kept me safe for the first few months," she offers, since he seems curious. "But someone brought me out before they fell."