It takes everything Michelle has in her not to laugh at that, the description about as far from how she sees herself as it's possible to get. What she went through, what she did to get out, it was only because she had to, decisions she made because there was no other choice. She fought out of necessity, not out of any sense of courage. In the end, before she wound up here, she'd turned toward Houston, and maybe that ought to count for something, but she's never been brave.

In light of what it says on Kimmy's back, though, she's not sure she should even just come right out and say that, though Michelle certainly can't fault her for the meaning behind those words. Really, she could have escaped long before she did, stood at the door of the bunker, just one turned key away from freedom, and after seeing that woman, went back inside. She's in no position to judge, and anyway, it's not some kind of abduction competition, who had it worse and who dealt with it the best. That they survived at all is the important thing. That's what says the most.

"I only did what I had to," she says with a slight shake of her head, glancing towards the floor. "It kind of came down to life or death, by the end."