Leith barely heard or felt her, instead forcing himself to continue, "Eventually, there came the time that the current overseer--we'd gone through so many at that point--proposed that we just leave. We were trapped down there, after all, and we'd die eventually if we didn't at least try to escape. That was when she showed us the vault's secret. Five...five G.E.C.K.s; she explained to us what it stood for--Garden of Eden Creation Kit, and that they were supposed to terraform and purify even the most highly irradiated territories. We'd needed a miracle. Despite the lies and deceit, we latched onto it. And we left. We opened the door after suffering down there for ten years."
	He bit what remained of his lip. "Our baby girl didn't make it, though. Once the radiation leaks began, it didn't take long. She was...she was six, when she passed away."