"Yes. It's still a shock they asked me at all - I would have thought it'd be the Mayor again. She's got experience, after all, and she's from here."

But something had compelled a yes from her lips - something she could not have stopped if she had thought to try. Danforth offers no clarity, but he's being calm, and she can imagine maybe driving him around if he stays just like this.

"I wonder if anyone else is being asked to come along. People who aren't already involved, I mean."