Nodding along, unhappy but not really surprised, Carol begins to resign herself to yet another unfamiliar foreign world, and this time by herself. Such irony, since when she first came to Teleios all she wanted was to be alone. Now, it's going to be a while before she's through mourning, if ever. Her first true home is gone, and in time she's sure she'll begin to doubt how real it ever was.

"Being scared can be the smart thing, sometimes. Don't feel bad about it." Carol's out of the habit of trying to offer advice, since it hasn't turned out so well historically, but Rain's difficult not to like, and Carol is still a mother despite having no living children. She can't help but make the point, but it almost shocks her to hear something like that out of her mouth, when she once so tried to convince her girls to confront danger head on. Hindsight is a strange thing.