Between the outrageous bravado and multiple halloween costumes, Abby isn't sure if Jesper meeting Max would be a friendship for the ages, or a plague across the Free Cities. Naturally both was more likely. And thinking about her friend made her smile easily enough. "Good to have the kindness of strangers then. Especially if they aren't shy."

Also explained a few things Julie said when taking Abby into the Horizon. She doesn't know how much Jesper knows on that, since she knows Julie's never brought a newbie in that way before. "Julie found me in a Free City military uniform I cut to bits so I could show off my arms and stomach. Guess being here so long explains why it was so easy for her to help me."

"Also, almost anything can happen in the Horizon. I mean, sure an- I don't know what the fuck that was fighting a man shark was weird shit I'd never dream of. There are things that just- don't work." Abby reached for her absent phone again. Covering the motion by just brushing her hand on her dress. She couldn't make people appear there, no matter how she tried.

Which she did.