"Because…" Lux begins, then hesitates, a rush of tangled emotions hitting her and making it difficult to speak. "Because," she repeats, more firmly, her brow knitting. "Because I'd just got a real family and now they're gone! And Baze is hooking up with some FLOOZY with a BABY, and he's got a JOB with another floozy and a HUT and what does he need me for, huh?" she asks, flinging one graceless arm through the air. "I'll tell you what he needs me for: NOTHING. Not a thing. NADA." She shakes her head emphatically, blonde hair bouncing.

"But hey, fine," she drawls with an exaggerated shrug. "Fiiiiiine. I'm an adult here, I can get drunk and hang in the jungle with stalkers if I WANT."