"Believe me," Roxie said, "it wouldn't be an imposition. She genuinely likes you." Carol generally genuinely liked anyone who she felt would be a good influence on her daughter.

Roxie grinned. She knew it went without saying, but she needed to make it clear, so Roxie said, "Your family's welcome to stop by anytime, surprise or not. As long as you're the one who's comfortable with it." Problems with parents was something that Roxie was too well-versed in. "On the bright side, my father hardly ever stops by," she said. "I'm usually the one to go visit him." Her brother, too, was someone who Roxie hardly ever saw.

"Honestly, I've never actually come across any food allergies. I'm a little bit lucky that way," she nodded. "Because, you know, I love to eat." Kree-Olympian physiology made it so that Roxie could throw back ridiculously massive amounts of food, and having any allergies would've made that horribly difficult.

"I'm just not much of a sushi fan, but it doesn't make me sick or anything." She'd just never seen the appeal of eating raw fish.