It's very much a sacrifice. Being a coyote makes Malia feel closer to her mother, in a strange way. Giving that up for Derek, someone who's part of the clan that Malia's estranged, possibly evil, father is? Her mother probably wouldn't be very pleased. But it feels like it's something that she needs to do. She'll never move on if she doesn't make an attempt to.

She nods at his response, and settles back into her seat, some of the tension leaving her body.

"So what kind of phone am I getting?"