Lanse skipped two older ladies in the line for a snack machine. The ladies began mumbling at Lanse's back and Tess left the line to apologize. The wide smiles on their faces shrank with her presence, before barking at her to get in line!
Tess folded her arms and stayed at the back of the line. When Lanse left the machine, the ladies turned their heads to follow him. Tess snapped her fingers to remind the desperate hags why they were there.
Tess got her snack from the machine and Lanse was halfway down with his scoon. A vision of how things would have played out if she had a crest made her shiver. The unfairness of life made her want to punch something.
Lanse had his back turned to her and she decided to assess his super sense. She snuck his I.D. from his back pocket and looked at it. Though Sensei added two years to their ages, the dates should be the same. But her eyes got pulled to his fake name in bold first.
