She considered it a moment. And then rolled her eyes, with a good-natured smile. "Well, if you wanna be all logical about it," she said.

But he had an incredibly good point. One that had utterly escaped Sam. For all of her intellect, she didn't always think in terms of the analog world.

After all, back home, when she ran out of bullets, she could just fucking buy some. At least until the Rain had happened and she'd turned into a crazy hoarder. For all the good that had done.

"Okay," she sighed. "Maybe there's a method to his madness. Just don't tell him I said so."