After some debate, Clarice has decided to actually take Jim up on the invitation. Karoke sounded like a thing that normal people did. And she'd liked him, and there would theoretically be other people there to meet. Being social, that was important. Mr. Creed wouldn't want her not to go on, she thought.

Sometimes she still forgot her life was going on. That she hadn't ended with the world.

Too much time in the fog was bad for you, they said. Best combat it with something.