"The girl over there wandering around." Bella waves at her.
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"Hi! Are you new?" Andi asks the girl. "I'm Andi, and this is my twin sister Bella, and that's Ethan."
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"...well, what're the bloody odds," says the girl. "I'm Robin. Pleased to meet you all. Can I sit? I'm sitting."
She sits. Next to Ethan, across from Bella.
She sits. Next to Ethan, across from Bella.
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"How many people would you like to guess have asked me that today?" says Robin.
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...She laughs.
"Yeah, brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?" she says, only partly sarcastic.
"Yeah, brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?" she says, only partly sarcastic.
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"Because your mom doesn't keep large stacks of colorful paper around the printer to make pretty handouts for kindergarteners?"
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"Our mom does. If you want to make pastel-colored flyers I can help."
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"Is there something you wish people would ask you instead? Like, 'what is your favorite color' or 'where did you get your shoes' or 'so what electives are you in'?"
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"Do you like the shoes, or was that a random example?" she laughs. (Her shoes are a pair of sturdy black boots, suitable for stomping on things.)