No. [ She immediate cuts into his questions. Stern. In control. Not much like the young woman he knew who was paranoid and unsure to state her opinion and decisions. ] There is always a choice. Even if that choice is to do nothing and let it fold out or to change it and fight the story. Those are still choices, Alan.

You're not powerless and unable to decide if you're going to fight or let it sink you down.

[ She is the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control. That shows more now than anything. Even a familiar shimmer is around if Alan can still see the guiding star. ]

I had to read them. [ Her head tilts. ] You didn't write them. I mean, the parts typed out on a typewriter. The handwritten ones is your storytelling. I know how you write. [ A gesture is made to the manuscript. ] They look like the ones "Departure" was written on.