"Yeah, that's it exactly," she nodded in agreement. "It reminds me a lot of high school, when you had your class and everyone had little groups within it. Or a summer camp. Thankfully, most of us seem mature enough to not devolve into that sort of thing."

Tommy and Kyle, well, she wasn't so sure, but they were still young, as much as they didn't want her to think so. She glanced out of her little window at the ruins as she tried to think of which pieces of advice might help him most.

"Keep yourself reminded often of your accomplishments, especially in terms of what you've done here. Of what you're capable of. The good things. If you hold the things you admire about yourself in your heart, your values and such ... it's easier to hear what other people think and remember it isn't all true."