Bunny didn't need Nate to say the words back. She's always understood the way that he does things, the way he feels things, even if folks with more conventional minds didn't. "Doesn't it drive you crazy, having him away from you so much?" a well-meaning acquaintance had asked once, and then scoffed with disbelief when Bunny said no. Tie down a soul like Nate's and you risked damaging exactly what you were trying to hold onto. Bunny knew that.
Besides, the kind of kiss that Nate gave her said more than enough, the kind of kiss that dreams were made of. The kind of kiss that made you travel a thousand miles through the middle of a zombie-filled wasteland just to taste again. It left Bunny light-headed and light-footed both, grinning as the truck started down the streets of Austin.
It might not have felt like a big conversation to Nate, telling her about the Capitol, but it did to Bunny. The electricity at the hospital was novelty enough, but to hear about a place with even more of the trappings of civilization? It left her wondering how had Austin accomplished what no other place could.
But the description of the people living at the Capitol struck Bunny the most. It was hard to picture Nate among such stuffiness, no matter how nice the surroundings.
"It sounds almost unbelievable," she admitted. A glimpse of the domed building ahead made for a suitably impressive, almost imposing, sight. "Is that why you chose the Capitol? The beds and the lights and the running water are so good, you'll put up with the people?"