Oh. Abby's laughter fades off into little gasps and a sore tummy, and then she shuts up entirely. Cuz that's not funny.

"Shit."

She thinks for a moment, then says, "It- the leader of my group back home was like that. Scared of losing control. He was under the control of the military when everything went to shit right at the start, and then he broke away from them to make his own group." She's jiggling her leg restlessly right next to Clarisse, thinking, "In the end it was exactly like the military? We just ended up doing the same shit as them. For land."