we are young, we run free, keep our teeth nice and clean

[oddbod]

WHO: Clara, Cosima, and Brianna
WHERE: De Chima Gov't Apartments
WHEN: May 14-20
WHAT: Sci-fi moms and their superhero baby
WARNINGS: just FUN and CUTENESS

[Starters inside.]

Comments

[fayzedandconfused]

You bring one little knife to school and everyone freaks out. Go figure.

[ She sounds casual enough, but her eyes dart toward Cosima as she says it, watching for her reaction. ]

[doubleblind]

[Cosima doesn't look disturbed or worried, just curious.]

Why did you think you needed to bring a knife to school?

[fayzedandconfused]

It's just what people do where I'm from.

[ Seeing that Cosima isn't getting all judgy about it makes things easier. ]

[doubleblind]

Did you try explaining that to your school? They must be used to people coming from different circumstances...

[fayzedandconfused]

There aren't very many imPorts who have to be in middle school.

[ There's like what, five of them? And most of them don't go to school at all. ]

Clara told me I didn't have to go back, though.

[doubleblind]

I get why you wouldn't want to go there, but that doesn't mean you have to throw away your education entirely...

[fayzedandconfused]

I haven't been to school in a while, anyway. It's no biggie.

[ Why waste time on school when you could disappear at any time, anyway? ]

[doubleblind]

[Cosima gives her an encouraging look. For as much as Cosima prides herself on being a "cool" adult, she's also very committed to education and learning. Mostly because she's a nerd who enjoys it.]

Hey, I know school can suck, but learning's cool, right? I can teach you some stuff.

[fayzedandconfused]

[ Brianna gives her the most skeptical look. ]

Like what.

[doubleblind]

Science.

[She says the word as if it's the most exciting thing in the whole wide world.]

[fayzedandconfused]

[ From the way her eyes glaze over, it's obvious she's having flashbacks to the most boring science lectures at Coates. ]

Oh.

[doubleblind]

Come on, don't make that face. Science is cool.

[fayzedandconfused]

If you say so.

[doubleblind]

Let me prove it to you.

[She grins, the grin that almost everyone who knows her would call very dangerous.]

[fayzedandconfused]

Okay, try.

[ She's up for anything as long as it doesn't involve a long lecture. Or a short one. ]

[doubleblind]

Right now?

[fayzedandconfused]

Time's a-wasting.

[ First you talk up science, then you don't want to prove anything! Typical. ]