"Don't take away one of the few joys I have left in life. If I can't play with fire, what have I got?" One way they weren't similar, really, was the way they dealt with their depressive periods. Elisha's tended to manifest in sarcastic allusions to being suicidal; Sarah'd gotten that one.

"Good," he said, though. "I think we both know it's rough to deal with alone. No matter how many therapists and support groups you have."