<strong>Mari</strong><br/>The silence was shocked.<br/>"Did you, like, just call me a loser, Mari? Or am I to pretend I've misheard? And for that matter, why aren't we talking in Spanish, like decent people?"<br/>Gabi didn't seem to take such words well, and was now on the offensive. And she might have missed the memo that Maria was Brazilian, or maybe thought that they speak Spanish in Brazil. The girl had seemed smart to Mari, but didn't have much book-type smarts.