So what makes it different than anywhere else?

[ having people you care about, people you love, suddenly taken from you in a moment's instant, feeling the very second that your life shifts when they disappear and there isn't anything you can do isn't exclusive to one world. if anything, it's the one thing about this place that she might be best prepared for. ]

I promise, you don't have to sugar coat the situation for me, Marcos. I can handle disappointments.

[ spoken like a girl who's had her experiences. ]