She has a way of catching fire with enthusiasm; her eyes sparkle and she illustrates every thought with vivid hand gestures.
"That's the biggest part of it, aye. Our inmates come from a lot of different circumstances, and mostly they've become who their environments forced 'em to be. They're often very good at it - sometimes the best there is - but there's often a deep disconnect between that and the people they really are."
She takes a gulp of her drink and looks at Edward's hands.
"The Barge gives us a wide variety of stresses. You've been told about the floods? Well, they're mostly not awful: they're weird or fun or inconvenient. Last year we spent a week physically glued to each other in pairs. It's like life only turned up to eleven, but it's broad and no one 'as to deal with it alone. It's calculated to show you who you are, to strip away the lies everyone tells themselves. When you know that, you know what to work on."
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"That's the biggest part of it, aye. Our inmates come from a lot of different circumstances, and mostly they've become who their environments forced 'em to be. They're often very good at it - sometimes the best there is - but there's often a deep disconnect between that and the people they really are."
She takes a gulp of her drink and looks at Edward's hands.
"The Barge gives us a wide variety of stresses. You've been told about the floods? Well, they're mostly not awful: they're weird or fun or inconvenient. Last year we spent a week physically glued to each other in pairs. It's like life only turned up to eleven, but it's broad and no one 'as to deal with it alone. It's calculated to show you who you are, to strip away the lies everyone tells themselves. When you know that, you know what to work on."