[she is. god, she is, and Lina will do everything she can to make sure Clover knows it. and Rose, and Jasmine, and their other sisters who have been spared from this so far. it's what she's here for. it's what she's good at.]

It won't be. If anything happens, I'll tell you. I promise. [she swallows and her own throat feels more constricted than it usually gets when she's about to cry. it... must be the city. right? she shakes it off mentally; she'll figure it out later. whatever's happening to her isn't important right now.]

We're in this together. We'll help each other make it through this, just like we always have. And we'll all come out okay on the other side.

[she doesn't know what "the other side" means here. she's not eager to find out.]