[ jade grins in that way that makes it clear she's trying to make everything better and maybe not so big and scary; it's the same thing as the obscene amount of exclamation points she uses in texts when she's upset and trying to sweep it under the rug.

so yes, it's dumb and stupid and awful and they're all idiots who care too much and hide things because they think that they're taking care each other. even now, she insists on this, clearly.

but she slips her arms over elizabeth's shoulders and pulls her into a hug before slipping back toward the door. ]

I think we will be ok as long as we do what we can. It's not like we aren't all kiiiiind of intelligent in some way?