[Chloe can’t help but think that it all sounds too good to be real even before Jade just outright says it herself. Look, it all sounds great and blissful, but the world just doesn’t work like that. People suck, they have always sucked, and it’s largely why Chloe has landed where she has in Kenos. Might as well just burn it all down and start over.]

So… what, are these zombie puppets out here trying to shelter everyone from the evils of the world or something? Whether they want it or not?

[There’s a flippant edge to her tone that speaks enough for how much disdain she has for the prospect of it. Fake happiness is all too easy to shatter.]

Fucked up. Because all of that, [she motions with one hand toward the sea Jade had nodded toward,] won’t stay away forever.