Ah - You've been to New York? I really want to go there some day and try the food. I hear it's some of the world's best. And are the subways really that dangerous? Being the trains in Japan are so safe I'd always assumed it was kind of a joke. Like aligators in the sewers.

I know she doesn't mind being alone but... I don't know. I just hope that when she is, it's a choice she makes. Not something she does because she feels other options aren't open to her. Lonliness is pretty unpleasant in general but it can lead to other, more troublesome things and I wouldn't want that for her.