[ Thomasin takes the parcel numbly, watching the Little Brothers abscond, and listens to the Principal speak. Her mind wanders.
She didn't make a great fuss upon receiving her motive a week ago, and yet they all still suspected her for Luz's murder. Should she open this thing here and now, to prove she has nothing to hide? Would that even matter?
But then everyone else starts reacting, and she realizes how foolish and selfish her thinking has been. Of course everyone will be frightened and angry and righteous, after a threat to their loved ones. She must fix her mind on something other than her own survival. She opens the parcel, pulls out a folder, tentatively opens it up — and then her eyes go wide with shock and she shuts it as quickly as she can. ]
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She didn't make a great fuss upon receiving her motive a week ago, and yet they all still suspected her for Luz's murder. Should she open this thing here and now, to prove she has nothing to hide? Would that even matter?
But then everyone else starts reacting, and she realizes how foolish and selfish her thinking has been. Of course everyone will be frightened and angry and righteous, after a threat to their loved ones. She must fix her mind on something other than her own survival. She opens the parcel, pulls out a folder, tentatively opens it up — and then her eyes go wide with shock and she shuts it as quickly as she can. ]