10 bits Anon's bomb stuff ended up being the cause.

You reach a hand towards the door. You hesitate for a moment. Shouldn’t you apologize for what you said last night? She’s still pissed off about it, but at the same time you don’t know what you can say without making things worse.

Maybe not. She needs someone to challenge her world view and ideas. In the previous chapter we even learned that she is just winging it as she goes along.

Also this world smells like Fallout to me.