Heh. Yeah, that's my girl. She's a little spitfire, that one.

[Wade's shoulders rise and fall in a heavy sigh.]

So I guess I should stop worryin' so much about what's gonna happen to her over here, huh? Seems like she's comin' over whether I like it or not. I mean-- not that I'm not happy to have her here, but...

[He trails off. The memory of what had happened to her the last time she'd visited them is still all too fresh in his mind. In almost every instance, all the pain and torture she had gone through had been because of them. He doesn't know if he can survive any more of her being punished for fraternizing with them.]