"I kind of thought the same thing," Ashley said as she joined Olena, though she moved closer to Peter. He tensed each time the fireworks popped. "Should we ..." She licked her lips and shrugged. "I don't know. Go see?"
She rubbed Peter's face around his halter, brushing his forelock back to rub beneath it. To be honest, none of their encounters with others had gone swimmingly well, and she was a little scared to try to meet up with new people.
But they had to eventually, right? To ... restart the world or something?