1st Stanza Audio UN:Marsh

[gristle]

[The voice you hear is a teenage girl, and she sounds a little disgusted. Whether or not this post was an accident is up for debate. But she'll respond either way.]

What the fuck kind of place is this? I thought the adults were supposed to care. Sure doesn't look like it.

I need a cigarette.

Comments

[gristle]

That’s a low blow.

[nobasisinfact]

I'm simply making an observation.

[gristle]

Why?

[nobasisinfact]

It seems like something Stan would be concerned about.

[gristle]

It probably is.

[Yeah, that's all the agreement he's gonna get.]

[nobasisinfact]

I hope you don't disappoint him.

[Is that guilting? Who knows.]

[gristle]

Stan wouldn't be disappointed in me.

[Rude, Strand. Rude.]

[nobasisinfact]

No, but he would be disappointed if you didn't go to school.

[gristle]

We’re in different classes back home anyway.

[nobasisinfact]

This isn't back home.

[gristle]

He's a year older than me now.

[Yeah, that doesn't sound far too weary for a thirteen year old or anything.]

[nobasisinfact]

Age isn't always important.

[gristle]

It's not about age. It's about grade. He's a grade ahead of me now.

[nobasisinfact]

And you can't engage with him while being in different grades?

[gristle]

I can engage with him outside of school.

[O b v i o u s l y.]

[nobasisinfact]

Except for the eight or so hours that he's in school.

[gristle]

Where we’d be in separate classes anyway.

[nobasisinfact]

And you can't visit on breaks?