[color=LightSeaGreen][i]"Okay, wow,"[/i][/color] Raine thought, stunned, [color=LightSeaGreen][i]"Stupid, I can deal with. Inexperienced, I can work around. That Guy, I can ignore. Crazy, though, what do I even?"[/i][/color] She had absolutely no response to Walker's outburst. She felt that the Raine that she had established in her mind would drop this guy like a bad habit, but leaving him alone in the wilderness, even if it was virtual, felt like murder-by-proxy.

Raine opted to shelve this particular concern until it became a problem, so she started down the trail without looking at Walker.