"That's my hope as well. And -- I don't remember how it happened, but somehow I was able to bring two people home with me. Okie and Crichton. I ... I've hoped that of those who didn't have good homes to go back to, at least some were able to find a good place somewhere else. With the people they'd grown close to, perhaps."

(She's thinking of Helena, of Grace, of Ava, of Max, of Natsuno.)

"I didn't think it was likely I'd ever have a chance to find out."