[As they walk, Julie quiets down, paying more attention to the buildings and people they pass on the way. Distracted, she rubs her thumb over the softer part of R's hand and hums softly in the back of her throat.]

I don't remember ever seeing the world like this. [It's just so.. calm. Normal.] Everything was already falling apart when I was born. [She looks up at him with a faint, distant smile.] You know what my dad gave me for my tenth birthday? A twenty-gauge Mossberg Mini.

[She shakes her head. At the time it had been such a thoughtful gift she'd almost cried, but now, looking at this place...]

Things are really messed up, huh...