"No, I guess not." Once gain, bullshit from the girl who was queen of competition. She had been in several in the last few days, and while she hadn't exactly won any of them, she had learned quite a bit from them all, and was more than glad they had shown her different ways of managing herself in a fight.

She sighed. "Something like that. I'm still only just a little girl, anyway. I'm trying to see what I can do to help. We might act like its OK, and I'm sure they want to protect us children from getting too upset, but even I know when there's an uneasiness in the air, you know?"