"I do want you watching my back," he says, quick, stung that he's done anything to make her doubt it.

"Someone who is legally forced to care about me-" It just hits a nerve, an old one. "I never thought I'd have to think about it after I aged out, Rosita. It isn't just complicated, it's in my head."

The phrase they all use, quietly, when someone breaks. When they might break.