Alex was being attentive to her surroundings, she was also going over what the tape had said, giving herself equations until she felt comfortable with how fast she could solve them. The room was alive with several activities and she was keeping mental notes on the people around her. One person she was concerned about was a man talking to a woman named Maru. He seemed to not want to be around other people. She could understand this, a lot of people she had been around when she was younger either ignored her or picked on her. So she knew how being around other people could be a little intimidating.<br/><br/>But this, Maru, was trying to guilt trip him, this irked Alex, a lot, but she waited, she didn't want to make a big scene on the first day. The man continued talking, about being afraid of breaking something and people staring, at least that's what she figured he meant, sarcasm usually went over head even if it was done obviously, but she didn't see how he could mean anything else by it. Maru threatened to destroy his Jacket, something he obviously cared about a lot. Alex was steaming, this Maru chick was nothing but a bully and she was supposed to be helping this guy, not making things worse.<br/><br/>The look he gave her was the last straw,<span style="font-style: italic">I hope I don't get in trouble for this,</span>she thought. She smiled at the man and said, "<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #40FFFF">If an accident happens or you make a mistake, it's okay, we are all going to, everyone is trying to work through some problems right now, we wouldn't be here if we weren't. So we know what it's like to be unsure about all this new stuff, and if anything, we would try to help you out, not stare at you and make you feel awful." </span></span></span><br/><br/>She then turned Maru, her expression immediately changing from friendly to hostile.<span style="color: #40FFFF"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">"That is  known as being encouraging, it motivates someone a lot better than guilt trips and empty threats. Your supposed to be helping him, not depressing and intimidating him. You obviously don't care about anyone but yourself and about getting paid for crappy, minimal effort work"</span></span></span>Alex said, her fists clenched, she was giving Maru an intense stare that would make some run in terror. Alex could see that this man was obviously not that confident being around other people, and she hated that Maru was exploiting this by picking on him. But what she was upset at most was that Maru was trying to make him feel bad because of his father's kindness, if she had done that to Alex, Maru would be stretched out on the floor.