Of course I'm your friend, Bela. You're a decent person and we share some of the same interests. [ The possibility of someone thinking otherwise about Bela is beyond Kate's current comprehension. ] Plus, you're pretty and not shallow. I like pretty but not shallow people.

I do want to talk. I want to talk about me but that's so selfish. I can feel it bubbling up to the surface. Everything I've thought but not said and everything that's happened to me in my own world that I'm trying to repress. Don't drink the green vials, Bela.