[It hits her really hard-- the way all types of kindness do. She's quiet for a moment. And then...]

I thought this would just be Hope's Peak all over again. I'd just isolate myself in my own little world until it was all over.

...but I didn't do that. It all happened so fast. Before I realized it I was scared in a way I never felt before. It wasn't just one or two people... there's a whole lot of people here who scare me. Because they could be gone any day now.