"That's simultaneously reassuring and frightening," Tess said. "I mean, it's nice knowing that nobody's going to be worrying about me having gone missing. It definitely is. But at the same time... it's strange to think that I can have an entire life here and it won't mean a thing in the long run."
Pessimist!Tess was not a fun Tess. But sometimes the effects of the other Madison Valley still reared their ugly head. Though she would much rather be a pessimist than some of the other things. She actually liked not being terrified of Alex Manes, for example.
She took another sip of her drink, trying to put her thoughts into a more coherent bunch of words.