Beth nods, glancing toward the sky, even though there's not really any sun to speak of. It's getting dark, he's right about that, but she doesn't know how that makes any sense. It's all gloom and ash, it's all awful and terrible, and there's no light in the sky, but somehow it is getting darker all the same. If there's a sun, she can't see it, if there's a moon rising somewhere, she doesn't know it.

But they're in danger.

"I haven't been here too long," she says. "You're... you're the first person I've seen. There's monsters out here, though. We shouldn't be outside. Is there somewhere safe to stay?"

She's trying not to be afraid. She's trying to be strong, they would all tell her to be strong and she's trying. More than anything, she owes it to be better for the people who have taught her, the ones who have helped her learn how to fight, how to take care of herself. Whatever is happening isn't okay, but she'll make it through.