...I know. [The firmness stings a little - he does know, he's going to! - but it's deserved so he has no protest. Rue's pushing for his own good.] April already talked to me about it, she met my mom, too. I said more or less the same thing to her.

[Considering the past several months have been all about confessing one thing or another, this is a truth that's screaming to come out in some dramatic fashion if he doesn't do it himself. He doesn't want another round of detention or something similar.]

Just... I wanted to think about it for a while. I haven't seen her since I was five. I barely remember her. It's not just me I might have to tell her about, it's the invasion, the end of the world, the fact that she died... it could be a lot at once.