Thanks. But it's probably not going to matter too much once I get home. [She smiles softly before kicking a rock on the ground. There's only two choices waiting for her back there, and either one will remove the whole lying to her mom thing anyway.

Vanessa glances back up, smirking in return. Yeah, she would recognize that tone anywhere. She's hung out with enough people who wear it like a cloak.] Is dying along the way a requirement? Because that sounds terrible. Why would anyone allow their children to die? [Gods, (fuu).] Wow, you've been there forever.