Sun Mote Copse time makes you bolder

I can't just sit around waiting until it's convenient, she replied, not really even needing to consider.  Her mind was made up, and he wasn't going to change it.  You're right, you have responsibilities all that and that's fine.  Whatever.  But I'm tired of just staying here and everyone else always taking care of me.  I need to go.

With Penn, she'd have the barest of safety nets.  If he left her, she'd be in tough shit, but she knew he wouldn't. Bronco couldn't get it, but his explanation just made it that much clearer.  He was needed here; she and Penn weren't.