Ed considered this. "Well, my sister used to paint.. And everyone said she was gifted. But she doesn't get to go here.." She sighed, not expecting an answer. Life ain't fair, her sister used to say. Ed didn't really believe her, but she was the one who got to go to a school, wasn't she? Maybe she was biased.
Who was water-girl taking to? Ed decided she didn't like talking to more then one person, running down the steps two at a time and jumping the final stretch to the bottom. She landed a few feet away from Marine, staring at her questioningly with unnervingly lifeless black eyes. "Then, what is your gift, Marine?"