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Regan's own smile is a bit of a wince, because she gets it. It's hard to smile tonight. When Aggie explains, though, she nods.

"That makes way more sense," she confirms. "I guess I didn't really think about it like that. Expecting an inherent goodness that maybe isn't there, and then having that expectation shaken out of you. Makes it feel worse, right?"

She wonders if Saoirse feels the same way. Saoirse had been young the last time this happened, too young to really understand, probably, that people could and would do bad things. Now, she's older. She's been through a lot of shit — Regan still guiltily remembers the way Saoirse had gotten taken during that impossible summer snowstorm. It's possible that this is harder for her now than it was before because she better knows what people are capable of.

And Regan isn't really checking in on her all that much. Shit.