<div style="text-align: center">《 Rachel 》<br/>
<i>Location: KOA cabin<br/>
Addressing: Rebel</i>​</div><br/><br/>Rachel eyed the man as he<i>agreed </i>with her. She felt herself bristle in response, keeping her icy blue eyes on his lounging frame. They didn’t trust each other, she was confident of that. She knew Rebel was quite possibly trying to calm her, pacifying and placating her with his words. Rachel was not stupid enough to think that Rebel’s opinions actually aligned with her own. But, she figured his stay was just temporary enough for her to get away with playing stupid for the sake of a few seconds of peace between them.<br/><br/>She approached the small dresser beneath the window and nudged her bag to the side. Anise would be back with the water, so she couldn’t get too comfortable. Instead, Rachel leaned against the edge of the thing and reached up to pull her hair from its bun. She focused on Rebel’s words as she combed her fingers through her hair. The locks were kinked from how she had styled it, twisting and bending away from her fingers in an obstinate manner. Rachel sighed and started wrangling it into a braid.<br/><br/>Sou. Rachel still wondered where the young woman had ended up. She had been tossed out with the rest of them, yet Rebel was here, relaxed, despite not knowing his girlfriend’s whereabouts.<br/><br/>“I don’t know anything about that.” Rachel responded softly, tying the elastic around the end of her hair as she looked at Rebel. “I don’t know what Sou was involved in. We didn't talk about personal things.” Truthfully, Rachel didn't need to know the why or how regarding her visits to the clinic. Sou assured her that the intimacy was always consensual. That was all Rachel was concerned with.<br/><br/>“Can I ask you an honest question?”<br/><br/>Rachel’s curiosity was briefly stifled by Anise’s sudden, albeit quiet, interruption. Anise deposited a container of water just inside the door and ducked back out, leaving them as quickly as she had arrived. She twisted to watch Anise’s retreating figure through the gauze-thin curtain as she returned to the neighboring cabin. Rachel stalled for a few moments longer and shoved off the dresser to pluck the jug of water from the ground. The plastic felt warm to the touch, even without Anise’s warning.<br/><br/>She stood beside the bed and twisted the cap from the jug. “Sit up and have a drink.” Rachel hoped the warm water would fill his belly until the others had found options for food.<br/><br/>“Rebel…” Rachel posed quietly, lingering beside him as her thigh just kissed the mattress edge. “Where is Sou?”