Jacob isn't testing her for any sort of reaction, he simply misses Ellie. She was a good kid. She had suffered a lot but she always was ready to smile, to have fun, to eat until she couldnt eat any more, and she let him listen to her cassettes. Maybe that's something too, in Rosita's world.

"I think so. She... got bit by one. But somehow it didn't do anything to her. It was a big deal."

She'd been tough, and happy, but so scared too. So frightened about what her own people would do to her. Poke her and prod her and hurt her.

"I... used to like it a lot. Now I'm not so sure. Its nice to be away from it."