The only thing Alice could think of was to ask Justine to come with them so they could figure out a way around this burning crap cause what would that take, a few months tops? But relentlessly optimistic and painfully naive were different things, which maybe Thomas would get if he was around her long enough.

"I think you've done enough, more than, but you know you could slip in the whole buy Alice shoes thing if it comes up in conversation," she grinned, hugging Justine as hard as you hugged a human without breaking them. "He just needed to hear it from you which, you know, understandable. And listen, don't worry, I'm gonna look out for him, he's kind of grown on me and you know, I'm pretty tough believe it or not."