Clarisse nods, even though as far as she's concerned Ellie doesn't need to be apologizing to her. If she feels like she has to, that's fine.

The quiet settles over them again, and it's still not the same, but she feels a little better. Less sick inside, less like she wants to jump out of her own skin.

"Did you get what you needed?" she asks after some time has passed. "When it happened to you."