"Thought about going a lot of places while I was working on that farm" -- places she knew she'd probably never get to, but out of the country for the first time, she was filled with a sense of freedom and something like adventure that meant she couldn't help thinking about it -- "but I never really thought I'd make it out to somewhere like Japan." Her grins tilts slightly, quirks higher on one side. "I'd have gone if I could've," she goes on, echoing him purposefully, "but you know how the story goes: travel can be expensive."

Especially internationally.