"So what's the deal with you and Marlene, anyways?" Joel asks simply out of curiosity as you two walk through the empty, run-down buildings.

"I don't know. She's a friend, I guess." You reply, refusing to reveal why Marlene wanted Joel to smuggle you— and why the Fireflies were so interested in you. He's smuggled a lot of things— most were illegal. But a kid, on the other hand, is a first.

"Your friend, huh? You're friends with the leader of Fireflies. What are you, like, twelve?"