“It’s noble to want to stand up for someone less…
confident than you- you four, quiet!” Moore snapped at the kids next to Signe. “I’m
glad you didn’t resort to physical violence but… I hope you’ll soon learn that
it is possible to get to a point where you need neither violence nor quippy backtalk.”

           “Only my beautiful visage…” Signe whispered.

           “Alright, you need to sober up.”

           “She’s not much different like that either,” Tahani
noted.

           “Can I trust that you’ll stay with her while the morphine
wears off?”

           “Of course!” Signe threw her arm around Juri and tried to
reach for Tahani’s neck who kept pulling away. “They’ll stay with me forever!”