"You know, it really is probably a good thing you found me," Carla Jean says. "Anyone else, and I think I'd have a lot more trouble believing this." She would believe it, if only because she's seen and been through too much now not to, but her skepticism with a stranger would be a hell of a lot higher than it is now with Kate. She has more patience now, too, than she otherwise might have. With so much to try to make sense of, she thinks she'll need it. "So a whole year, huh? I expect to hear all about it."