"They are doing well enough, but it seems like things aren't as good as they used to be." she says wistfully "Dad said that I should learn to live on my own, he thinks it would be good that I know how to take care of myself. Politics is politics, and its started to wear on me, especially with all the oddities of recent events. Why was you family called away?" she asks, concerned as some people have been leaving permanently given the terrible situation