"I always knew we had weird lives, and I used to want normal so badly, but it just... I don't know. I didn't want to believe that we were doomed to be alone, just because we were hunters or because we were us, but I just knew it wouldn't look the same way as what other people had, you know?"

Watching her talk to the floor wasn't an entirely unfamiliar occurrence. He knew that look, had felt some of what she was feeling, and he smiled faintly, even if she wasn't looking at him to see it.

"I think life kind of has a way of surprising you."