Alice looks at him briefly, and decides to sit down. She finds a piece of dark rock for this purpose, and drags her backpack along. For a short while she's very focused on rumagging through its contents, and finally she seems satisfied, so she takes off her sunglasses - the sun is actually about to set down, there won't be any risk of sparkling soon, she thinks.
"I think I want to rebuild the city," she says slowly, carefully, as it's perhaps the wildest thing she's ever said.