[ Amos shakes his head and seems upset, for him, and Naomi moves to reassure him quickly. ]

How were you to have known? It's fine... the basement was a good place to acclimate and get restless enough to brave the outside -- I don't mind it, really, so don't be sorry.

[ The communal quarters aren't her favorite, but she doesn't feel unsafe there. She can endure. But then Amos says the other life was bad and she's instantly worried about what he went through -- but he clearly doesn't want to talk about it. He moves on almost instantly, smiling a smile that looks genuine as he asks about the water. He's compartmentalizing. Amos is good at that. Naomi exhales, then smiles herself, latching on to the new topic. ]

Spectacular. Maybe more than the sky, honestly, though I might change my opinion the first time it rains.

I've made a new friend who says he'll teach me to swim.