[ She's been working on the drunker part, but she doesn't mention that. Cade's already got it covered anyway, apparently, because he's a TATTLETALE.

She makes a quiet, thoughtful noise. Pretending it never happened--it sounds both preferable, and very difficult. She'd spent so much time trying to reach out to him in a way that she rarely had to anyone else, trying to build up that relationship--but it wasn't a relationship that he wanted. And she couldn't reach out like that anymore. ]

I haven't been imprisoned or talked to Nathaniel, so.

I wouldn't mind talking. Um--To you. Not Nathaniel. Not that I dislike him, he's just--He's very stern-looking. And he's mean to you.