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That does feel like the kind of symbolism people really go for, and wasting a serving worth of food is a fairly small price to pay. We can compost it afterward anyway.

Plus the whole part where she eats people. I'm not sure shellfish would suit her palate anyway.

Probably not. But can you imagine her digging into a pile of crawfish and trimmings laid out on the table with a bib on.

[Jordana started laughing.]

I might actually like her more if she did. It'd make her more relatable.

That implies you like her at all, cariña.

Liking her at all would be an improvement.

True, true. I'm right with you.

How do you deal with everyone wanting to kiss her ass, like, all of the time?

I recognize that it stems from a place of fear. And like with most abusive relationships, that fear keeps the victim from breaking away until a combination of things come to be.

I know you're right. That's probably part of why it is so frustrating.

[It's frustrating in abusive relationships too.]

It's hard to watch the fawning.

It is. People seem to think there's only fight or flight, but freeze and fawn are just as common a response to fear.

[If not more these days.]

It's unfortunate I can't handle it all better like I do back home.

I can't imagine why.

[Sarcasm. It's followed by a heavy sigh. Ivy would like not to care, but it's not as easy as that in practice.

She's never been a complete sociopath. She just has a sense of proportion when it comes to the lives of people and the environment.]

It must be hard being a good person here.

[If only death was permanent there. Then again, Jordana would also be dead if that was the case.]

Surely you're not suggesting that I'm a good person. I've been hunting and killing people in vengeance for months now. Just got two the other day.