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Now, Adley didn’t too many friends, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t friendly to everyone. However, there was one exception--Aboa. It wasn’t that she hated him; it was just that no matter what she did he was rude, she shouldn't take it personally seeing as he was rude to everyone. How can one person have so much disgust in his body? It was almost as if he got off on upsetting people and causing problems, his demeaning grins proved her right theory right. He was the exact opposite of Adley and for that she couldn’t get around to liking him. So needless to say, when he showed up, and used the word ‘unfeminine’ to describe the petite young girl, she tried to hide her irritation through a cheeky grin, and ignored his request for food. “Well, if it isn’t Aboa,” she smiled, but it didn’t quite reach her eyes, “I’m guessing you haven’t filled your quota of irritating the world today?” She was staring at him, but she thought back to his other question, having, just now, picked up on it.

“Would there be a successful ambush from the side of the Marked towards the human kind perhaps, to honour this moment?” She dismissed the fact that he had used his signature mocking tone, but it made her think. Maybe—just maybe, what she needed was partners, she glanced Aaron, and back at Aboa with a scheming glint in her eyes. ‘Lucia didn’t start the War alone! Maybe they can help,’ she had seen the look in Aaron’s eyes as he eyed the flower and Aboa—perhaps she could make it seem like a challenge? They were going to get out of here! They were going to be free! The girl was already planning what she would do after they were all freed.

As her thoughts ran wild, Kirino walked up. Kirino was older than her by a year, but she acted like she was a hundred years older. She was mature and sensible, but nevertheless Adley liked the girl. She would ramble to Kirino about everything, her plans to escape, new things she learned, or utter nonsense, it didn’t matter, and while Kirino would mostly ignore her, it was still nice to have someone near her when she chattered away, and the girl never sent her away. When Kirino asked if she was going to plan another attempt to escape she knew the signs were all pointing to freedom, was unconventional to say the least, but she was Adley Mae. With the addition of Kirino, she knew that this was it, her future team, they were going to single-handedly stop the war, free the Marked, and live the lives they wanted. It was more difficult than she made it sound in her head, however that wasn’t going to stop her. She was determined, but she wondered how she was going to convince the others. They were all so different. The emotionless Aaron, the condescending Aboa, and the level headed Kirino, it was not going to be easy, but she was up for the challenge.

“What if I was?” she responded to Kirino’s question, “How would you guys feel about joining my team! It’s hard to escape with just one person, but with all of us, we could do it!” she exclaimed hopefully, yet quietly in case someone was listening. She wondered if she should mention what Old Red told her, ‘I probably should save that for the last resort,’ she saw the look in each of their eyes at her declaration and knew she was going to need it.