Dan gives her something that might have been a smile once, and just focuses on pushing a little of the shine her way, something he hopes is light and comforting. He has the oddest sense of Abra through her, Abra through the prism of a not so loving world.

"I was trying to get to a friend's house," Dan says softly. "I think-- Jesus, I'm sorry, I'm going to sound like the worst kind of creep. But Laura, has anyone ever said you're special before? That there's something different? I always called it the shining, growing up."