Brinley reached out to put her arm around Baily as a sign of comfort, "Hey, these cycles only end when someone makes the conscious effort to break out of it. It might not even be a cycle now, but you know you don't want that, and that's good." It was worrisome what would happen when Bailey's mother in the future. Who would she depend on? Would she become completely destitute?
"Have you talked to her about it?" Brinley asked, "I mean, what happens after you come of age."