[And that seems to have touched a nerve, because as soon as she says the 'dead' thing, Faith immediately bristles defensively.]

Oh, I'm sorry, guess we can't all keep up our perfect makeup routines out here in Mad Max world!

[It's obviously not the whole story. She didn't even look this rough when she was in a coma. There's definitely something wrong.

She takes a deep breath, throws up a hand as if to break off the moment of hostility, and stares pointedly at the floor. She mutters more quietly,]

...we dunno what Nirvana's deal is. Just gotta trust there's something there.