Johnny put a hand on her arm and stopped walking. "Look, I don't know exactly where you're from, but there's a really good chance it is better here. I'm not going to say that it's easy or that it isn't sometimes scary as hell, but so far, at least, our government believes we have a right to exist. And as long as we have that, we can keep trying to change things for the better." He had to believe that. He had to.