"Good, because I'm going to stick with it." A hint of a smile creeps into her voice, her own mild sentimentality getting the better of her.

Clarke's never been one for romanticizing anything, not even the stars in the sky. Her head is too filled with reality, with science and facts that it tends to get in the way. Better uses for her energy often to spring to mind. But after the exhausting and frankly overwhelming nature of celebrating the founding of a city she shouldn't be in, she allows it.

"Today was nice. What did you think?"