"You'd be amazed at what torture, losing an eye, getting no sleep and seeing your friends die will do to you," Mindy replied. "Even an adult would have a fucking problem with that. I'll even flip it. Say Joel came by and saw Pruna push Ellie to her death. Now, Joel's, what, in his late thirties or something, he's an adult, mature and all of that. He sees his kid go off a cliff, what do you think he's gonna do?"

She was already reapplying the alcohol carefully, looking at the cut, screwing up her face. "So...how did this happen?"