Well, does Allie have a theory for why she's kept all these things secret, then?

I don't think -- well, maybe she DOES expect answers on a plate. Maybe. But I think if you just -- you could say, in a letter to her, 'I can't give you these answers; I found them on my own, some things you just have to find on your own,' and I think that would be okay, really, because Dora's right. More than answers she wants to feel that she's part of your pack. She wants you to care about her, enough to write.