"I don't know if it is! I don't know if things are going to get better or worse than this!" At least Lapis isn't outright convinced that things will definitely get worse, but it's harder to practice optimism when absolutely everything has dissolved so thoroughly into unpredictable chaos. No, she can come short of flying off the handle these days, but even as an informed decision she still knows well: in crisis you decide what's essential and focus on that. "But at least right now this is some kind of safe. Come on, there's even food and stuff, don't you need that?"