FIRST FILTER.
No, but I didn't want to keep feeling like the end is nigh, either. I don't want to belittle her experiences but there are hundreds of realities demonstrated in our town. There was no guarantee we would end up in a situation like she grew up in and even if we weren't talking about it, she basically had been afraid of when it would happen here.
I can't live like that. It was already bad enough trying to cope with knowing what happens if I go home.