And most of them had no idea what they were doing, but that was a rant for another time.

"Yeah, that sounds like her."

When we arrived at the community building, I held the door for her. Old habits and all, though it occurred to me that I was inadvertently encouraging her slightly uncomfortable fixation.

I didn't think I was likely to get much sleep tonight, tired as I was. I was probably just going to be up all night looking through the journal to see if there were any mental health professionals in the village.