"It was my own fault, Rose," she said with a shrug. When the girl brought up that she wasn't looking for fossils, but for driftwood, Pearl gave a smile. "Oh, please... I am independent, remember? I do what I want now." She chuckled, it was true... Within reason anyways. "Besides, it would give me something to do besides laying in bed feeling sorry for my lot in life at the moment. With the illness, I mean."