He sighed, knowing that it would only spark yet another fight between them. He would win, in the end, but for now she would only become frustrated with him if he tried to change her mind. She would spend the next ten months alone, and if the orphans were weary of her before they certainly would be frightened of her now. No one would reach out to her, knowing that she had been so close to him, and she wouldn't hesitate to join him after the unending solitude. After she realized that as an orphan with no ties to the community and no one to otherwise care for her, there was little option for her. Poverty, menial jobs for awful wages and inhuman conditions. Prostitution.