Corvina finds her crying in the dormitory at eleven at night, which is not the same as being asked, and she does not pretend not to have seen it.

CorvinaYou may stay until June, and then you may stay for the summer, and after that we will find something. That is all I can offer and I am not going to dress it up.

Mila says, into her own knees, that she has not been offered anything by an adult since she was sixteen.

CorvinaThen two of us are embarrassed by this conversation and only one of us is going to be sensible about it. Get up.