Peggy has never truly expected to even have children, but she can still feel a great deal of sympathy for someone who misses theirs. "I've been here nearly a year and I've survived," she says, though she has lost some weight given the rationing they'd had to do at certain times. "I'm sorry that you're so far from your children."

That's one thing that she's noticed. There are none here, given that everyone appears to be a certain age. "How old are they?"