The orange will never understand these things. Ver's not surprised by them. Her own stubborn streak has led to some pretty amusing situations. Not quite sitcom levels of improbable slapstick, but let's just say, she wasn't always a great cook.

She has a sense of why he feels that, yes. "There's a saying where I'm from, 'the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence'." She sets down a piece of orange peel that's pulled loose, turning the fruit slowly in her hands to find her next point of attack. "You would have been bored in class and popular at recess, I think."