She is not being indiscriminate.

She is being brave.

She has been given every reason in the world to close herself off, and she has refused.

That is not a flaw.

That is the bravest thing I have ever seen.

I did not have the words for it that morning, standing in the hallway with her fist in my collar, but I have found them since, and they are these.

The world had spent fourteen months teaching Maya that people leave.