"One does wonder what they want with a bunch of villain kids."

He hadn't thought of that, or it like that. And now it's frightening.

"Maybe they think someone in their school needs an object lesson." She's partially checking if the Auradonites react at all to this statement. 

...that would be ok, right? He is born into evil but if someone can be better from seeing him that's good?

"Turning a bunch of bad guys onto the straight and narrow? A lofty task."

"Might be that." 

"Psychology research?" she suggests.

"Ah yes, figuring out if we're broken beyond repair because of who our parents are. Makes sense."

He huddles against the window.

"Not sure it counts as broken if they think we came that way." 

"Fair point. Perhaps it's more of a changing of views. Wanting to see if we can be different than our parents. I plan on showing them how much worse I can be," Cati says with a laugh.

She'll note that statement. As well as the making of it in the presence of the Auradonites.

"Perhaps they'll soon notice my conspicuous lack of a puppet show." 

(Her parents were loyal servers and she will be exactly like them. She doesn't say anything; it's not for public ears.)

"Well, I've always found that red was my colour. Even with the gaudy designs my mother preferred."

"It's a nice color."

“Thank you! This one-“ she nudges an unresponsive Ashwin, “-thinks it’s too aggresive. I think he’s ridiculous.”

...He hopes people don't think any of the colors he's wearing are aggressive...

She giggles. "What's it going to do, jump someone?"

"Oh, definitely. It's an aggressive thing, red." Cati laughs along with Lisbet.

Ashwin casts a baleful look at Lisabet, but remains silent.

"Sorry," she says to Ashwin. (She wouldn't alienate people for no reason, but he and Cati are friends and Cati started it so it shouldn't be like that.) 

"What do you think Auradon is like in real life?"

"Honestly? I think it veers on the side of being too pure. Too squeaky-clean. They need people like us to muss it up a little." 

She shakes out her perfectly styled, non-mussed hair.

She knows what Greta is thinking, which is that they need to keep an eye on Cati. (She can do that).

He looks anxious.

"Do you think they're going to hurt us?" (He shouldn't have asked that. He has evil in him. They should hurt him, or it's better than they hurt him than that he hurt someone...)