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[fridgeflower]

Do you think that it's possible for people to be inherently bad? Not all the way, necessarily, but like maybe there's a bigger chance of messing up if you come from something bad, or like you've got some kind of latent seed planted deep that could burst someday.

I don't think that's true, if you look at it objectively. It still makes me really nervous sometimes, though, so I wonder if some part of me thinks it's a real possibility. I can't shake it off, so I get frustrated with myself sometimes.

I'm sure other people must feel like that. I'm sorry if you do.

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[fridgeflower]

It's not. I'd want to go home if it's possible, I guess, but... [ Actually, she's not sure about that. Everything's already marched onward without her, and it all seems so bleak. Maybe staying here is the best option, even given the bad things that happen. ]

Well, I don't know. Most of the time, I don't mind it here. If I get to grow up and everything, I'll throw in my lot with this place. I think it's done more for me than home ever did.

[ Her popsicle's in kind of a sorry state, but she pops the remains into her mouth, careful not to let juice drip out of the wrapper. Done and done. ]

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[huntergames]

And the headmistress of the school doesn't help you here?

[ She hasn't forgotten that yet. If she's attending a school with a shady headmistress, she wants to know. ]

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[fridgeflower]

[ Laurie shrugs and frowns briefly. ] I tried to talk to her back when the school opened, but I haven't since, and she doesn't talk to me.

[ So that's that. Whatever. ] It is what it is.

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[huntergames]

[ The edges of her lips pull down. ]

I've never spoken to her either. There aren't that many people in the school... I thought it would be better to go to a school made for imPorts.

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[fridgeflower]

Yeah, well... It's not like they told you any different. They'd want you to think it's better, right? And maybe it is, for some things, but that difference isn't worth it to me.

[ If it's worth it to other people, fine. The school hasn't managed to explode or anything (yet), so maybe it's not fair to say her fears are completely founded, at least not in the context of this world. ]

I'll just stay where I am.

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[huntergames]

And that's okay.

[ What else can she say? She's sure if they had been in reverse situations, Sasha would have stayed far, far away from the school. Laurie would never lie to her, so she's already cast some doubt in Sasha's mind about the people running it. ]

We still get to see each other after school. Then we can do whatever we want... or we can ditch class sometimes. I'm really good at climbing out windows.