Beth smiles despite herself at the compliment. It's not really the time or place--it's like dreaming about what life was supposed to be like before everybody started getting sick--but it's a tempting thought nonetheless. Money, what's basically an apartment, doing something she loves for a living...it'd be nice. And it's no more reachable in Rani's world than her own.

"I'll think about it," she promises. She will, too--for the sake of friendship, if nothing else. And then, hesitant and curious, "Would you ever stay here? If it was a choice."