Like I said, I'm still clinging to the dwindling hope that Wanderer will have a change of heart. I *ahem* happen to know what happens to her at the end of the story, but I don't know her actual thoughts, so yeah. Not looking likely, but I can dream. ^^;

And to Meyer's credit, Melanie is constantly calling the aliens out on being bastards. The problem is that, as Shaolina pointed out, her intelligence tends to diminish when her boyfriend makes an appearance.