David had told her if she didn't learn how to guard her emotions and passion against random things scooping it up, she'd burn herself out. 'The brightest flame burns quickest' he quoted. She and her brother were empathetic, too empathetic. Much as people thought of her brother as a robot sometimes, it was because he was so much better at guarding himself against other people leeching his emotions out of him. And he was smarter than her, and better at not throwing his mental energy away into pointless causes.

She couldn't fucking help it. Every time she saw a remnant, all she wanted to do was help. The only way...