But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.

In the end, though, maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.

As I rolled over, stretching out, my only thought was to go back to the dream I'd been having, which I couldn't remember, other than that it had been good, in that distant, hopeful way unreal things can be.

Like I, of all people, didn't know better than to lead a total stranger to the point where they could hurt me most, knowing how easily they'd be able to find their way back to it.

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.

Shit," Delia said. "I mean, shoot. No, actually, I mean shit. I really do.