She could make something up except for the part where she can't, actually. She's not sure borrowing one of the other institution kids' last names is safe, those don't seem to repeat as much.

"I mean, if we adopt you it'd be Glory. I can give you my card, I think that works fine at least if you use the self-checkout." She fishes her library card out of her pocket.

Okay, that works.

Park! There is a nice park with a creek running through it near the Glories' house.

Not top-tier cool but still pretty cool anyway. She'll probably come wander around here at night sometimes.

There is a pottery studio. "I come here sometimes, I made some of our serving bowls."

That looks pretty cool. She's not sure she'll be able to do it but she'd like to try sometime.

"Maybe something we can do together, then, more than a hangout on random afternoons while I'm deployed. Looks like community centers are mostly a sports thing," she says, frowning at her phone. "Plus like, classes and programs. Less of a drop in loiter around deal. The Y has like a pool and a track and gym and stuff, does that sound fun?"

Mostly not but maybe the pool will surprise her, she's never been in one before.

They can go to the Y and hop in the pool.

It's weird but not in a bad way, she could see coming to the pool sometimes.

Then she can get a guest pass so they don't have to deal with the no last name issue.

Cool.

How late are they open, actually?

Till nine thirty but the pool closes at eight thirty.

She won't get her heart set on coming out after dinner, then.

She has been getting a little bored at night; it's not a big deal, but are there any things she could do then?

"Things tend to be closed at night," says Julie. "There are sometimes movies later in the evening but not much past midnight by and large. You wanna see where the movie theater is? I can give you a cash budget."

It's something, anyway. Yeah, please.

Julie gives her eighty dollars and shows her where the theater is.

She's never actually used money before, is there anything she should know?

"Hmm, let's go buy you a candy bar or something and you can watch me do it, that's probably going to work better than explaining." Julie lands at a convenience store and buys Denice a Snickers.

That's sort of easy enough, but the numbers don't match, what's up with that?

"Sales tax. Some countries they actually just include that in the price; they don't do it here to... remind us that seventeen cents or whatever goes to the government and we should resent that? I'm not sure."

Okay.

"Taxes are good actually though, taxes pay for roads and Paladins and stuff."

All right.