"You must be new if you think there's anywhere we're safe from being shot." Sam has been lucky enough to avoid the Forest Talkers so far but she has heard about their indiscriminate gunfire. Admittedly, the group is more of a Lakeside problem but Sam omits that detail for argument's sake.

"Cabin fever." Her answer is delivered with a shrug, as if she knows how weak it sounds. "I know it's dangerous, I'm not stupid. If I let fear of injury keep me inside, I'd be living as a hermit."