[Roth, like Castillo, speaks on the soft side, but in her case she sounds like a bored...no, like a bitter teenager.
"NEXTs have been causing shit for my family for years," she says. "We lost our first house because a damn fire NEXT lost his temper, and then a creepy NEXT at my high school wouldn't leave my baby sister alone -- he kept showing up at our house and using his neck-stretching power to look through our windows. Then a family with a NEXT baby moved in next door to us and her crying kept breaking our windows. We protested to the landlady but she said she wouldn't 'discriminate' against NEXTs." She huffs. "I don't have anything against NEXTs technically, but there has to be more protection or compensation for normal people for dealing with them. We couldn't afford to move away from there."
Lane chuckles. "You have a refreshing candor and an unfortunately-familiar story. I myself was almost killed by a NEXT with wind powers who was, shall we say, overenthusiastic about using them while playing in the park one day." There's the sound of papers being rifled through, then some sheets being passed out. "Very well. Before we proceed further, I'd like you all to just sign this nondisclosure agreement."
Pao-Lin perks up at that in the middle of texting information about Roth. An NDA? This is serious shit.]
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"NEXTs have been causing shit for my family for years," she says. "We lost our first house because a damn fire NEXT lost his temper, and then a creepy NEXT at my high school wouldn't leave my baby sister alone -- he kept showing up at our house and using his neck-stretching power to look through our windows. Then a family with a NEXT baby moved in next door to us and her crying kept breaking our windows. We protested to the landlady but she said she wouldn't 'discriminate' against NEXTs." She huffs. "I don't have anything against NEXTs technically, but there has to be more protection or compensation for normal people for dealing with them. We couldn't afford to move away from there."
Lane chuckles. "You have a refreshing candor and an unfortunately-familiar story. I myself was almost killed by a NEXT with wind powers who was, shall we say, overenthusiastic about using them while playing in the park one day." There's the sound of papers being rifled through, then some sheets being passed out. "Very well. Before we proceed further, I'd like you all to just sign this nondisclosure agreement."
Pao-Lin perks up at that in the middle of texting information about Roth. An NDA? This is serious shit.]