Earl glanced at Zachary, noticing how he wasn't too reacting this time even though Kathryn's name was just mentioned, and answered David. "She’s out with Miss Lesley and a few of our classmates. They're preparing our dinner for tonight." "Oh. And you're here with us?" "Well, it was made out of draw-straws. Kathryn was just unlucky to pick the shortest one," Earl laughed softly. Though Kathryn didn't look anywhere near forced to help at all. For all Earl knew, Kathryn was feeling giddy that she was one of the ten students who were fated to make tonight's dinner. David groaned. "Seriously, what's with this, basing everything with draw-straws? I heard the chosen three teams to be together on this trip were made from draw-straws too!" The elevator dinged and the three went out, heading to

