Jesse was glad that there was someone here, at least, who shared his point of view. Even though Mary was also determined to stay, it wasn't exactly a matter of choice for her, and she looked sad when she talked about it. Didi had encouraged him to see this as a second chance, but that was only because she knew everything. Probably even knew that he'd end up dead meat back home.

Lisbeth, however, was just like him. He could tell from looking at her that she was an outsider, too. Maybe she was searching for a place to belong, same as him. Even though he didn't know the details, it was obvious enough that her own world hadn't been kind to her. So there they were: two fucked up kids who saw something in Siren's Port that no one else seemed to see.

"So what is it you wanna do here?" he asked. "I mean, like, got any big plans?"