[ allison laughs, truly glad for the first time that lydia's here with her. not that she hadn't appreciated her best friend's appearance thus far, but little moments like this were what brought a semblance of normalcy back into her life. when everything else was undeniably complicated, she could rest easy knowing that she still had lydia. ]

I don't know if I'd call it all good wisdom.

[ it's teasing, mostly because allison herself is hardly the model for good decision making, or good advice. her smiles dies slightly at the thought of why there may suddenly be a number of vacancies, but she doesn't let her thoughts linger on it. she's come to accept it as reality, even if she doesn't exactly like remembering the particulars. the only thing that keeps her optimistic is the thought that at least some of the population was better than none at all. ]

Yeah. But on the off-chance everyone's already claimed one, I vote that we go for one with heating already in place.