"Well, do you really expect someone to be in their usual spirits when..."

When they'd been locked up and put through things they'd never even thought of? When people they cared for were put through even worse? When their whole way of life had been ripped up and put on it's head and they had no idea what they were going to do anymore?

But Effie wasn't going to say any of that out loud. Instead she pressed her lips together and stared at her drink.

"It has been a rough few days."