Back at her place, she decides you’re doing “collab art.” She hands you markers with no caps and a piece of cardboard. You draw a blob. She draws a blob with feelings . She names it “Gerald the Existential Smudge.” She laughs way too hard at her own joke, then gets weirdly sentimental: “This is the best day I’ve had in weeks, no cap.”

"Where are you going?" Ben asked, sitting up.