Nic ignored Snow, focusing on the shooting.

Snow rolled her eyes a little, "Sorry, I guess I'm disturbing your masculinity building section," she retorted before finished off her round and walking off.

Nic continued to ignore Snow. He cut himself off after an hour and headed back to his room.

Surprisingly, Laurel was still there, seated at the small table with the plate of untouched food in front of her. She didn't notice his entrance and seemed very lost in her thoughts.

--

Frei went to the Juttle to see if Fin was still hanging out there.

Nic took his seat again, intending to finish eating.

--

Not surprisingly, Fin was having difficulty moving out of the Juttle he had become familiar with.

Still nothing from Laurel.

--

Frei walked in and the first thing noticeable to Fin was the shell necklace she had on. It looked like she'd made the colorful shell Fin had given her into a necklace.

So Nic kept eating even though he clearly was not enjoying the cold food.

--

"H-Hey," Fin told Frei, blushing a little, and pretending he hadn't noticed the necklace.

"... can we leave?" Laurel finally whispered, pain in her voice.

--

Frei tilted her head a little before shrugging, "Movie?" she inquired.

"Where?" Nic asked.

--

"... Okay," Fin decided.

Laurel was silent for a long moment. Then she barely whispered, "Can we go... to the Okorie?" It looked like she was finally starting to open up that part of her mind that had been blocked off to Nic since Chicago.

--

So Frei led him off, looking for Raven.

"... Why?" Nic asked, keeping his voice calm.

--

Raven was working in the garden.

Laurel was silent again for a long time before she let out a sigh. "They promised we'd be safe there," she explained quietly, a slight eagerness slipping into her voice. She wasn't taking about just Nic's safety, something here was making her fearful.

--

So Frei approached him, still hand in hand with Fin. "Movie!" she demanded when they were close enough.

"And?" Nic asked.

--

Raven chuckled a little as he saw them. "Well," he said as he finished up what he was doing. "What kind of movie do you want to watch.

Fin was a little embarrassed that Frei had gone to Raven to watch a movie; that wasn't what he had in mind when she first mentioned it.

"We should go," Laurel whispered.

--

"Alice in Wonderland," Frei stated before looking at Fin.

"We need a better reason than that," Nic replied simply.

--

Raven nodded a little. "Alright," he said as he brushed himself off. Fin blinked like he hadn't heard of that movie.

Pain flashed across Laurel's face but if she had a better reason, she wasn't telling him.

--

Frei shrugged at Fin and followed after Raven.