Rosie laughs at that, even though she knows Regan won't be able to hear it. I've never been to the midwest, or to America at all, so it sounds very cool to me. Much cooler than someplace that's just...home. When she'd thought about the adventures she might take, none of them had included the middle of America--a place she can really only picture as a lot of farms and very little glamour--but having never been there, who's to say there's not something grand about it?

I suppose it's a matter of perspective; we're interested in the places that aren't what we're used to. I suppose that means we ought to find Darrow very interesting indeed. She pauses in her writing and allows Regan to read it, punctuating her last sentence with a wry smile. Anyplace that yanked people out of their usual lives deserved a less kind descriptor than just interesting.

Once it seems as though Regan's read what she's written thus far, she picks up her pencil again, adding another few sentences. Is there a sign for wherever in the midwest you're from? The city name, or the state?