[It feels like they're a team. She's never felt like Alana was on her side - even if now she knows that she could have been, that it was Abigail's own fear that kept them from presenting a united front. But now there is a power in Alana, a poised and regal sense of purpose and dignity, that's the exact opposite of Abigail's erratic, violent power. They can be powerful together, now.]

[She wants this. More than anything.]

[She glances up when Alana speaks, nods quickly.]

I know.

[She knew before. It's just that, before, she didn't have a reason. Today she did.]

[Tomorrow, the day after, it will be easier to talk herself into coming. But today was for Alana.]

[She cracks a smile, a weak one.]

Don't tell me you didn't need checking up on, though. Even you do, sometimes. Don't you? And I'm not your patient anymore.