She shakes her head, and takes a step inside, casually inspecting it. "Isn't a mistake! We all get people that live with us. Most of the time, I never even see the people that live with me." Because she's usually out hunting, or something. She was even trying to learn the language, just so she could start reading again. The things she missed from home, where everything was easy to understand.

But she turns to face him, realizing that this might be a lot, though she doesn't know how to make it any easier. It was just something she got used to with time, or something like that... She exhales, and then points at the couch. "Soo... I can crash there, right?"

She still wasn't getting to the point about Sarah, or Tess, and she hadn't started talking about all her friends there. But she was sure Joel didn't want to hear about the people she'd lost. Especially when she couldn't say they actually left for anything worse. Some people were actually resentful about being in Keeliai, but not Ellie. This place was by far better than the hell she'd left behind.

Without being able to save it. Everything was for nothing.

And the only person that could understand her feelings had already left once, and come back. She wasn't planning on letting him go again easily.