"I don't want to talk about this anymore. We're not kids at summer camp."
The group goes quiet, until Diego speaks up. "I like talking about these things. It's part of what makes Arbor Isle interesting."
"Nothing can make Arbor Isle interesting," Addy says. "And if horrible death and dismemberment are the best things it has going for it, then we've got a problem."
"I agree with Petzeiros," Anuja says. "I don't know why everyone here loves to repeat such awful stories all the time. Maybe it's all a joke to them or a way to entertain themselves, but these are real people who died in terrible ways. They had families and friends and things they wanted to do with their lives. Some of them, at least. I still don't think that one about the quarry worker happened at all."
Diego's gaze falls to the ground. Sometimes he gets carried away by his excitement and forgets that what might seem harmless and fun to him is someone else's waking nightmare.
"Sorry, Anuja, I should've shut up," he says.
"It's all right. Let's just forget about it."
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