Winnie’s stomach flips. “Oh god.” “Exactly.” Ms. Morgan’s lips press tight. “It sounds disgusting. And you know what else sounds disgusting? Corpse duty. My point is, Winnie, that I don’t think most people here are in denial. The forest is violent and awful—and so is the rest of the world beyond Hemlock Falls. People die, sometimes in horrific ways, and the only way to really deal with that is to switch off your empathy switch and eat a lot of pizza.”
