"… It was quite direct."

"Yeah?"

"And sounded like you had reasoned it through at least a little."

"That's indeed a thing I do."

"In more detail than most people would do." Pause. "I don't know, it just sounded like you probably like books."

"I'm a very unusual person."

"Not a trait people are usually so proud of."

"I'm unusual like that," she agrees.

"But not particularly unusual in the respect of liking books."

"No, books are a very normal taste of mine."

"Any particular genre you like? Or is it mostly non-fiction…?"

"Pretty eclectic, but I gravitate toward sci-fi and fantasy, and I also like nonfiction about stuff like behavioral economics and maths and physics."

"I can honestly say I don't think I've ever read a book about behavioral economics."

"I'm unusual like that."

"Is that a catchphrase?"

"Now it is!"

He smirks. "Anyway – the archery range is basically the other side of camp, you probably saw the lake on your way in, and otherwise the activities mostly take place inside or around the cabins."

She nodnods.

And then: they are back at the main camp!

There continue to be, as promised, a few other counselors there.

Cool! She can chat with them, then.

Two of them are from the same school and play basketball together! The other one fancies herself a painter.

Keith, Jack and Alice, they introduce themselves.

Hello, Keith, Jack, and Alice! She introduces herself, too.

Hello! … Kaede's an interesting name – where's she from?

New York City.

What does she like to do? Has she been camp counselor before?