The Apocalypse Hoarder
Cyrus studied the woman before him, someone who barely qualified as a so-called strong career woman, and asked with mild curiosity, "You are alone. For a woman in the apocalypse, survival is difficult. What, no husband?"
Lyla shook her head with a bitter smile. "We divorced long ago."
"Oh. So you are alone."
She shook her head again. "Not exactly. I have a daughter. She has been studying in Libertia since she was ten, at a noble school."
At the mention of her daughter, Lyla's eyes brightened.