[ Ah, yes, living with her dad and his girlfriend, how appealing. A part of her considers it, because, yeah, she is going to need to find a place to live, but she'd gotten used to living on her own on the island and it feels...backwards, to go back to living with him, now. ]

The offer for room and board is greatly appreciated, but I must decline.

[ If she doesn't strike out on her own now, she feels like she never will. ]

I--I am fine, relatively speaking. It is simply that...how shall I put it? [ ... ] That I have been asleep again and time has continued to pass on around me. There is much for me to catch up on.