"One thing? It could be five things, but there's still a thousand bad things! There's no balance." Something she started to care about the more she stayed on Tu Vishan. "We just get the worst and have everything happen to us and hold on to the one good thing we have. And it's not even our home or our families."

She slammed open the glass rack under the bar and yanked a glass out to pour herself some ice water, or it became ice water as soon as she was done pouring.

"That one good thing isn't enough anymore."