"I think it might be the first birthday party I've been to, so I guess it works that it's the first one you've celebrated," Nikita replied, chuckling a little. She might have not said that to others, probably wouldn't have, actually. Tris hadn't had the same childhood Nikita had, but she'd had one that was different from the usual storybook idea of one. It made it easier to say certain things.

Not everything, of course, but a few things.