Lexine looked around at the people in the room with her. They had engaged with each other throughout the meal. Inside jokes were said making her feel left out half of the meal. Once or twice Christana or Aurinda tried to include her in conversations, but she gave them one-word answers which made it very awkward.
To Lexine's left sat a girl with lilac hair that was cropped to her chin on the left but flowed to her mid-back on the right. The girl was dressed in a pale blue wrap like material wrapped around her chest and left her navel area bare. She barely spoke a word during the dinner, concentrating on her meal and a book that was balanced on a plant leaf. The plant seemed to have sprouted from the armrest of her seat. Lexine chose the wise decision not to comment.
