"Ha. You should've seen my apartment back home, too. It was just awful. The only reason it ever got clean was because a' my roommate," she says with a bit of laugh that tapers into a bit of a sad pause. She shakes it off after a moment, though.

"Well, it's good to know there's a way back at all, right? That alone's somethin' that can give a lotta hope." She nods as if she had just presented absolute fact, looking a bit proud of herself. "That's really what I think it comes down t'. Just gotta keep hopin' for the best."