She snorts, watches him, no hint of aggression in her right now. She doesn't plan to attack, has no desire to take him out right now. Really, she wants to just sit and wallow in self-pity for a bit, although Joel's presence makes that difficult, not in the least because she has to watch him as much as he watches her.

"I don't think they mean to do it," she says. "I think this really is their way of loving us, their dressing up and all the pictures and crazy screaming and things like that. They can't help that they are all idiots. This is how they've always been."