[Sam laughs a little bit, then. Ducking, but not quite ducking away from Zeke's touch.]

Hey, I kind of stubbornly go against whatever the voice is suggesting. I know who my biggest detractor is, but that's because she has a damn hard time controlling me.

Or, properly, since I'm not going back? She can't control me any more, and she's gonna have to suffer through...whatever the hell she thinks I'm doing over here. But Mom made her choices. I'm making mine. That's all I can do. Control myself.