[ He has to blink stupidly at that, because well, that's just silly. He's not like them at all, is he? Or has he... maybe they have changed him after all. That idea should probably upset him, but it doesn't, not now.
He sighs, and there's a pause, some sounds of movement... and then a splash. ]
I guess I would still be a little, because there are so many kids here my age or younger who have been pretty screwed up by this, who had normal lives before, you know? I don't want to make it sound like we're special or deserve more, but it is... hard. To go from being safe to constantly being unsafe. It's not an improvement for us, that way.
But I do think that we could come to a compromise, if they'd set up a justice system where people at least knew what was happening and why. And... if they didn't lie to us and say we went home when we didn't, that too.
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[ He has to blink stupidly at that, because well, that's just silly. He's not like them at all, is he? Or has he... maybe they have changed him after all. That idea should probably upset him, but it doesn't, not now.
He sighs, and there's a pause, some sounds of movement... and then a splash. ]
I guess I would still be a little, because there are so many kids here my age or younger who have been pretty screwed up by this, who had normal lives before, you know? I don't want to make it sound like we're special or deserve more, but it is... hard. To go from being safe to constantly being unsafe. It's not an improvement for us, that way.
But I do think that we could come to a compromise, if they'd set up a justice system where people at least knew what was happening and why. And... if they didn't lie to us and say we went home when we didn't, that too.