That wasn't strictly true. The universe made no provisions for the hearts of the young.

But Kathy didn't say that, because if she didn't believe that the three of them would make it, she'd have very little left to hold onto at all.

"And until we figure it out, we just...keep doing the best we can, I guess," she said, though she wasn't sure she had a best to give right now.

Still. Anything else sounded like she was giving up.