Sam thought about that statement. Rosella did seem to be a beacon of hope most of the times and he wondered if that was necessarily all her personality or if sometimes she wasn't doing it for the sake of others.

"Yeah, well, I don't have to hold on for very many people in the City," he told her. "So if you can't hold on for yourself? Just, you know, let me do it. Besides, things always do get better, right? Curses end and sometimes people leave but others come and everything might not be okay, but the important stuff is okay."