Leroy: Has his own confession time


    I still feel weird about this. Here I am, keeping company with a bonafide killer, who at one stage was hell bent on killing us all.


    And now we''ve all been meeting each other every day for the last week.


    This is hard. I could use a break from their company - maybe everyone else could too?


    But, still.


    He will always be agreeable to other people''s plans. I suppose it is part of his Narrative Causality stuff.


    I''ll bet anything that Adalace''s dark past involves being the target of bullies.


    After all, she practically went berserk over that horrible Ajaeren, and he is definitely the bullying kind.


    And what''s more, I know all about that kind of stuff, her actions match the patterns. So, after everyone else is gone and it''s just Teylon and us teenagers, how about I try something? If it backfires and I''m the one that suffers, then, so be it. As long as they still let me look after Kaydence, that is.


    I bet Kaydence looks stunning in a bikini... No, no, forget that.


    Not to mention the other girls...


    No, definitely forget that!


    Probably not, he''s still recovering from the Ajaeren stuff. So I''m the only one who has to cope with inappropriate desires. Yeah, that figures.


    This is one very intense friendship group, that''s for sure.


    Well, here goes.


    I can''t escape now, so I might as well keep going.


    Shit, I don''t think this is working out. At all. But I''ve got no option but to stand here and take it. Otherwise my regret for my past actions means nothing.


    before starting your spiel!"


    hard it is to control my rages, how hard it is tramp down on my desire to go berserk, how exhausting it is to have these violent fantasies about retaliating against some man and making him regret hurting me!"


    rapist ..."


    presumptuous"


    I think so." said Sarsaparilla.


    rapist. I will never forgive him!" said Adalace.


    Teylon is certainly the target of a lot of hate from Devina. What is her story, I wonder?


    I still have friends. Even if they do know all about me.


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    Terrence:


    Yes, I clearly remember that...


    Terrence flashback time: Recruiting a super programmer


    Terrence:


    How galling. I used to think I was such a hotshot programmer, but both Lenny and Arnold took be down a peg or two.


    And then we found out that this little teenager, a girl at that, really was a hotshot programmer. Practically God-level, in fact.


    And, back then, we were hopeful that in a few years time she''ll be quite amenable to joining us. That the rape could turn out well, for us.


    Damn it all. It now looks like that has become impossible.


    Sarsaparilla: Does some comforting.


    She''s avoiding my eyes, she''s wringing her hands, she looks as if she is trembling, she jumps at every loud noise, yep, she''s definitely suffering. Looks like I need to go all out to comfort her.


    complicated?"


    Adalace: It''s nice to have friends.


    I have a good friend in Maggie.


    I must keep her.