“Well, it sounded like an interesting time. I’d ask you the same thing, but I’m guessing you’re looking to strengthen your connection with a chosen pantheon of gods and goddesses, right? Call me out if I’m jumping to another conclusion.”

Kaija rolled her eyes. “Sats, why do you keep doing this?”

“What?”

“Apologizing for jumping to conclusions and stuff. You’ve been doing it all week.”

“Well, you should have seen my first writing assignment. It’s really freaking me out and making me overthink things.”

“What was it?”

“The prompt was, ‘When Did I Realize I Was a Prematurely Judgmental Person?’ It was an over-the-summer writing assignment for one of my classes, and the research I did for the paper was, well, eye-opening.”

“Okay, well just because you read one point-of-view that search engines probably promote while suppressing other viewpoints and you wrote about the subject, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re prematurely judging people. Trust me, if I feel you’re assuming too much about something, I’ll let you know, okay?”

“Sorry,” she mumbled, averting her gaze.

“Sats!”

“Okay, okay. Come on, let’s pick up the pace.”