That's... it's comforting, but also kind of terrifying. "I don't know if I believe in an all-powerful god that controls everything. There might be an afterlife, but that's mostly cause I used to know a Norse god and he knew valkyries. I always figured that was more like a different dimension than a heaven."

She breathes out. "I know I took on a lot of stuff. And I don't regret it, cause I did some good and met some people I never would have known. But... I'm sixteen, you know? Sometimes I feel like I'm barely keeping it together. I have one real friend where I'm staying, my family's dead, and I live in a shitty building that should probably be condemned. I don't know how much more I have to give."