"It can't last forever. If nothing else, in the spring, Karla's going to look way more competent than the southern Queens do." But that was another three months his time, at least. "She's working on stuff, making things better, and fixing what needs to be done, but--" Dinah stopped, really listening to him, and squinched her eyes shut tight, wishing she were there. Damnit, damnit. "It's not just her now. It's Samantha and Denys and Mark and Kirt and Ulrich and Swift and Jono and ... I don't want to be here any more, Priestly. I believe in what we're doing, but."

She missed her family, her home, her school, him, her other friends... but not in that order, nope.