"But what would Karen think?" Root responds with a hint of a smile.

Truthfully, Maggie Hamilton has grown a bit boring. There's only so much intel you can gather as a preschool teacher. Root has her own projects in the works, so she's not feeling left out from John's little endeavor.

Still, even though she doesn't take his offered hand, she keeps walking in the direction he was headed, after Patrick Brady. Right about now, Root is really missing the Machine's voice in her ear.