[she looks at him with utmost serious for a moment.]

I cannot lose them. [...] I'm grateful for the time and all of the moments here, even the bad ones. It's experiences, but it's meeting people and knowing their stories and having something to fight for. Even if survival is it, that's a success.

[but she's also thinking about the people they've lost, and trying to think of how to find a way to reach them, too. if that's even possible. maybe death really is the end here, but that's hard for her to conceptualize.]