There was an awkward silence before Aurora spoke up. "So, Kate, where are you from?" She asked. Kate hesitated for a minute before answering. "Saskatchewan, small town." She said. "Ah, prairie girl." Tom smiled. Kate nodded. "That's quite a drive you made." Alfred commented. Before Sam could answer Neil walked back in, he had been listening from the other room. "What's the matter, not enough people to psychoanalyze out there." He said. "Neil that's enough." Aurora told him.

You shouldn't have come on so strong. Kate thought to herself with a small sigh.

She walked over towards Tom and Harry, deciding to leave Neil alone until he got used to having her around. "What are you working on?" Kate asked Harry who was still tinkering with the radio. She sat next to Tom who smiled at her sweetly, trying to undercut some of the hostility she was getting from Neil. "Just an old radio." Harry answered without making eye contact with Kate. "Sorry, my friend here has trouble talking to pretty girls." Tom said, teasing Harry like he was his younger brother. "I do not." Harry rolled his eyes. Kate moved over to get a closer look at the radio. She leaned over Harry's shoulder and he looked over at her shyly. "Would you like me to show you how?" He asked. "Sure, radios have never really been my strong suit." She admitted. "It's easy once you get the hang of it. Here see..." Harry started showing Kate how to fix the radio. Aurora and Alfred watched from the other side of the room and Aurora smiled. "Look at how she deals with everyone individually, she knows how to get them to talk to her and trust her. It's amazing." She said. Alfred nodded and looked over at Neil who was still brooding by the window. "So Katie, what brings you to Camp X?" Tom asked as he watched her and Harry work on the radio. "Well for starters, don't call me Katie." She said with a playful smile. "And, I just wanted to be part of something..." She told him. She dropped her gaze to the floor, her hair fell infront of her face.

Okay, that sounded cheesy... Come on Kate.

"Ever done anything like this before?" Harry asked. Kate looked up and shook her head. "Never even been this far from home before." She told them. "What'd you do before this?" Tom pushed for more information. Kate noticed that everyone was listening now, she smiled nervously and leaned against the table behind her. "I, uh, used to write for the local paper back home. Not that exciting I know." She said softly, tucking her hair behind her ear. "No that's great. What kinds of things did you write about?" Aurora asked. Kate appreciated her interest. "It used to be the typical boring small town puff pieces until the war started. Then I actually got a chance to write about things that people cared about. I interviewed the kids that were getting shipped out and I thought, they're going out there and they know they might not be coming home. You could see it in their eyes. They were people I knew, people I grew up with. That's why I came out here, really. I thought if I could do something, anything, I could try to help bring more of them home." She told them. Kate looked up to see the others smiling with admiration, Neil was looking at the floor, he felt badly for the way he acted towards her before. "Well, it's late... I'll see you guys in the morning?" Kate smiled before leaving the room and walking back to the other side of camp. "Wow... she's something else isn't she?" Tom said after he was sure Kate was gone. The others nodded in agreement. "Can't wait to see what she can do." Aurora smiled.