Well, it's not funny, but something about it strikes Clarisse as amusing. She's thinking about the ancient Greeks at war thousands of years ago, and Abby's group at war in 20-whatever. All that time passing, but everybody still fighting over the same dumb shit. There's a kind of humor in that.

Also, the way Abby's jiggling her leg has Clarisse's head feeling like it's pressed against one of those massage chairs they have at malls back home. She smiles.

"People never change. Is that when you met your friend, when you were with that group?"