"We're not at war here," she answers. "And that isn't the reason I don't want kids. I don't need a reason, I just don't, it just seems especially cruel to have them in a place where nothing is guaranteed, even moreso than the world I come from."

She knows other worlds are harder, more difficult than hers, more difficult than Darrow even. But for Maeve, Darrow is a fantastic place where she's seen things and met people she was never meant to. She loves Steve and she doesn't want to leave, but she can't help but feel that this place isn't permanent.