Sam remembered the night on the boat, smiled a little and then shook his head. "Nice isn't really a word that applies to River. Sometimes she's really sweet. Sometimes she's just really strange. She doesn't understand nice or polite or anything but the truth and what she's thinking right then."

He upchinned when he saw Kitty approaching, paused and waited for her to take his order and Mom's and then waited for Kitty to leave again before starting again.

"River's...messed up. When she was younger, they did something to her brain. Now she's got telepathy but she can't control it. She hears voices. Feels feelings. All the time.

"I helped her when she first got here and she took to me, because she missed her brother. When Dean left, River decided we should share a room because we were both missing a brother. So now we do."