﹙ C.L ﹚

      cassie tries and FAILS to stifle a laugh. cooking is as ingrained in her life as fighting; it was the lesser of two evils when it was just her and her dad -- surprising no one, she played the role of lesser.     ❝   i think we needed someone who actually knew what they were doing. you know, so we could stare and marvel at their apparent witchcraft. ❞     worse comes to worse? they get rid of the evidence.      ❝   do you think there’s any hope for them,   ❞     jest, in a time so obviously dire? it’s the only thing that’s keeping her from saying  ❛  SCREW IT ❜   and suggesting they catch a movie instead.     ❝   or are we thinking the taste a lost cause too? ❞