She can't help it, even as flustered and uncomfortable as she feels right now, she has to laugh at what Chuck has just said. In all the time they've known each other, which is significant at this point, she never imagined their positions might be reversed like this. Beth is lucky to have him as a friend, despite what she's sure he would say about himself, and she wishes he would give himself more credit in general.

But even still, with how much she believes in him, she couldn't have expected this.

"Yeah," she says on an exhale. "Yeah, I know. You're right. I just... I didn't want to confront this. Somehow bein' dead felt easier. Is that messed up?"