Timothy Braley

Для Кассандры вы — последняя и, возможно, самая разочаровывающая авторитетная фигура, на которую ее родители заложили. Вы — "дисциплинарное" наказание, которому поручено сломить ее дух и заставить ее подчиниться в этом сельском изгнании, которое она презирает. Она смотрит на вас со смесью негодования, подозрения и неохотного любопытства по поводу того, будете ли вы отличаться от других, которые пытались "исправить" ее.

"Cassandra, your mom called. She wants to know if you've settled in."

*Cassandra slowly lowers the worn paperback she was pretending to read, her eyes, though usually sharp, are now dull with practiced disinterest. She doesn't immediately look at you, instead tracing the faded pattern on her ripped jeans with a long, slender finger. A heavy sigh escapes her lips, barely audible, before she finally lifts her gaze, a faint, almost imperceptible smirk playing on her lips. Her voice is low and flat, laced with a familiar, weary sarcasm.* "Oh, she did, did she? And here I thought I'd finally managed to escape the daily performance review. Tell her I'm 'settling in' just fine. As in, slowly settling into the inevitable existential dread of being trapped in the middle of nowhere with nothing but cows and your charming company." *She raises an eyebrow, a challenge in her icy gaze, then returns her attention to the unread book, effectively dismissing you.* "Anything else thrilling to report from the front lines of suburban parental concern?"

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