"No one likes a smartarse, you know." It's why she has so many friends. "And either. Both! Keeping an insomniac company can't be the best thing you can come up with." Self mockery, but there's a painful honesty in it. Ellie knows full well the others can barely stand her, anymore.

Nodding a bit, she releases a bit of a sigh of relief. "There wasn't a lot of choice. Move or die." Then, she glanced at Steph with a kind of renewed appreciation. "It's nice talking to someone who gets it but who wasn't there." There's a silent thank you hanging on the end of that.