"I mean I'd have to get a full ride either way and I'm not sure how many colleges give a full ride to someone who has spent the last two years running away from their parents instead of going to school."

"...do you know what you would want to go to college for?" 

"Not... really? Probably something where I make a lot of money?"

"I bet there are trade schools that would get you that. Or an apprenticeship where you'd be working at the same time." 

"...I like learning things? I really want to spend four years where I don't have to do anything except study. Sorry."

"No, it's fine, I'm not against college, it just — sounded like something I'd hear from someone who didn't really get that they had other options. Sorry." 

"...I don't know. I haven't really thought about other things. But math is the only thing I'm really good at."

Asher's hair is very soft. 

"What would you do if you could be good at anything? —this isn't about the college thing, I'm just curious." 

"I want to understand people. People are so interesting and complicated and every one of them is unique and-- if I could do anything I'd spend my life trying to learn how people work."

"...I bet I can get my fake sister to send me a flash drive of psychology books. If you would want to read them." 

"...please?"

He sounds heartbreakingly grateful.

"I'll write her when we get back to camp," she says, and leans over to kiss Lev on the cheek. 

"Can I put in more book requests?"

"I can't guarantee she'll be able to find free ebooks of them but I can ask her to try." 

He kisses Marlo. "Excuse me, I'm going to go look at Ron's library."

When he's gone, Asher says, "you liiiiiiiike him."

"Yeah. I do." 

"Lev and Raine sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G--"

She mostly kisses him to make him shut up. 

This is terrible incentives. Now he's going to be obnoxious all the time. 

Lev returns with a list of books, mostly about religion, some about gay history or safer sex.

"...these might wind up getting censored but I'll ask her to hide the flash drive." 

"If she just gives me the psychology books that's fine, I just--"

"Flash drives are tiny and there are a bajillion different ways to hide them, I'll ask her for a backup flashlight or something and then write in lemon juice on the back." 

"Thank you."

Gosh, that's the Marlo Facial Expression.