Oh good. That's a very reassuring about the future. Here I'd hoped chocolate was at least still a thing. It's a bitch to get your hands on back home.

[Barabas's eyebrows lift. But fair enough. Optimism is in scarce supply, especially at this particular moment. This road trip is terrible. He'll be rating it poorly on the post-worldhop suvery. Astoria sends those out, right? One star for food and accommodations. Two stars for at least not being under water.]

We're a mess, honestly. But we get by.