Elena has to nod at his words, knowing that she's in a similar boat. "I'm not either. With Clayton and me, it's different, I'm happy to take the lead. I suppose I more ust want to know we have people out there. Who think like us."

There's something unspoken in her words, and she wonders if he'll pick it up. In case we need it, she thinks, knowing both the things her own world threw at her and this one had too.