"No thank you, but dad, even when I do end up getting better, I'm just going to fall sick again, like always. But I do have things to apologize for, a lot of things. Things everyone pretends are nothing, but really means a great deal. I'm sorry I'm never going to be able to hunt. I'm sorry daddy." She said this last line with almost childlike innocence. She felt a sinking feeling in her stomach, as if she knew the truth, but kept it hidden from herself, because the reality was too painful to bear.