[Drinks-- she should have figured that would be important. At least asked for water or something! When Julie asks the next question, Ellie tries to figure out how to put it in the best terms possible.

She didn't need to tell someone who had experienced something similar about her condition, or why Joel was escorting her.

She hoped he'd be there, even if it meant they'd both drowned. She didn't like not having him with her all of the sudden. He would know exactly what to do-- and even if that part didn't matter so much anymore, she wanted him there.]

Well... a friend of mine asked Joel and-- his partner to take me to meet the Fireflies. They're a group back home that's trying to restore the government.

[she sits down and rubs her nose]

Considering we're in Boston and we weren't sure where the home base for the Fireflies was besides 'out west,' we've been everywhere together.