Eye Contact by Heron Djenne Canvasback

Chapter Eleven: Natural Selection

(Week ten, Team Coup, Saul's office)

"What's going on?" Saul asks.

"Can I talk to you about something?" Cade asks.

Saul: "That's why I'm here."

Cade: "I started dealing when I was eight."

Saul: "Why did you start?"

Cade: "I wanted money."

Saul: "For what?"

Cade: "Toys and games."

Saul: "Did you get them?"

Cade: "Yeah, I did. My parents became suspicious."

Saul: "Where did they assume you got them items from?"

Cade: "The thought that I had stolen them until they saw the receipts."

Saul: "What did they do about the items?"

Cade: "They let me keep them."

Saul: "You went unpunished?"

Cade: "They didn't know what to do."

Saul: "How were you caught?"

Cade: "An undercover cop busted me."

Saul: "Who introduced you to the scene?"

Cade: "My best friend did."

Saul: "Is he or she a drug dealer too?"

Cade: "No, he has connections to the mafia."

Saul: "How was your first exchange?"

Cade: "It was creepy. I sold some to some loser."

Saul: "What made him a loser?"

Cade: "He was rough looking. The type who never have anything."

Saul: "What makes you different from him?"

(Team Ark, Cheryl's office)

"What should befall the weak?" Cheryl asks.

"If they fall behind, then they should be left behind," Ado answers.

Cheryl: "Most don't mean to."

Ado: "If you don't mean to, then don't."

Cheryl: "You believe that everyone gets what they get?"

Ado: "That's my experience."

Cheryl: "You life is always in someone else's hands."

Ado: "Then I'll snatch it back from them."

Cheryl: "If you don't hand over some things, you will have nothing."

Ado: "Why is that so?"

Cheryl: "You have to rely on others."

Ado: "Are those others reliable?"

Cheryl: "Some are; some aren't."

Ado: "How can I detect the defect?"

Cheryl: "Sometimes you can; sometimes you can't."

Ado: "What do you do when someone screws you over?"

Cheryl: "You start over or pick up the pieces."

Ado: "What if you can't?"

Cheryl: "You must go on. Life goes on."

Ado: "Why doesn't life suffer when you're suffering?"

Cheryl: "Life is about everyone, not someone."