Hey, as a hot-tempered super human, Ellie could probably hurt someone pretty badly without a knife. It does help, though. "Yup." She pops the 'p'.

Ellie shrugs. "I don't. But if you're warning me about it, that's probably a plus. Besides, everything's pretty much shit right now for me, anyway. It can't be any worse."

There are many things that could be worse than her situation, but Ellie's also fourteen and doesn't have much of a perspective on the world.