[It's not a question, but she raises her head and nods to confirm his suspicions anyway.]
But I don't know everything. It's safer that way, so I didn't go looking.
[And I'm not going to is what she wants to say. She's still a child - barely fifteen, full of the stubbornness that a few years' worth of perspective would probably have worn down. But that's one thing she's not going to budge on, and her determination is clear to see in her eyes.]
I think Ruana's lying, though. Not just to us, but also to herself. I think she honestly believes what she said, but... the administrator who left the box wouldn't have done so if there wasn't another way than what she said.
[At his question, she shrugs.] A lot. I don't know all the names or all the faces, but there were a lot of chips. Too many to have been placed by just a handful of people.
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[It's not a question, but she raises her head and nods to confirm his suspicions anyway.]
But I don't know everything. It's safer that way, so I didn't go looking.
[And I'm not going to is what she wants to say. She's still a child - barely fifteen, full of the stubbornness that a few years' worth of perspective would probably have worn down. But that's one thing she's not going to budge on, and her determination is clear to see in her eyes.]
I think Ruana's lying, though. Not just to us, but also to herself. I think she honestly believes what she said, but... the administrator who left the box wouldn't have done so if there wasn't another way than what she said.
[At his question, she shrugs.] A lot. I don't know all the names or all the faces, but there were a lot of chips. Too many to have been placed by just a handful of people.