"Well maybe when you're more in the mood," Ava really has no idea how that sounds. "We can try again. I get restless. Not having an outlet for my frustrations." And she really really has no clue how that sounds either. "And I'm trying to avoid attacking just anyone." Because she doesn't need anyone after her in retaliation when she's just trying to get by the best she can.

"I don't think it's a bad thing, to think differently. My father got criticized for that a lot, apparently. For his ideas, his experiments. Got told he was insane, got called an Egghead and driven out of the scientific community." Ava pauses, fists clenching slightly. "But I always thought he was brilliant. You know, up until he got our entire family blown up." And no, she did not want to add that last part. "But everyone subscribing to the same patterns of thought and allowing others at their churches or on the news or some podcast to tell them what to believe. Those are the people that are broken. Can't even tell you why they think the way they do."