in your wildest dreams.

{ Sydney Sawyer. Or, DREAMSCAPE. } Twenty-four. Flirt. Born with the gift of Dream Manipulation, and the art of having a good time. ✧ ━━━ red lipstick, doe eyes, pop rocks, ‘good vibes only’, the scent of cinnamon, succulents, cherry soda, broken in high-heels, dark velvet, starry nights. ✧ PENNED BY BLAIR.

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Sydney was slowly adjusting to life at the underground. It wasn’t the cheery, free atmosphere she preferred, but it was safe -- much safer than home. She missed her parents dearly, but she did have Nevaeh. And she’d made a few friends too; even if Owen and Farrah hadn’t been seen as of lately. It was one of those dreary, rainy days though when no one wanted to go outside; Sydney stayed in her bed reading for a while, but really wanted the company of her best friend. She badly needed those cuddles and comfort. Everything was piling onto her emotionally. Nev wasn’t there when she got to the room, so Syd made herself comfortable in her bed, legs stretched out as she continued to read. She kept peeking over her book, a gentle smile gracing her lips when she finally spotting Nevaeh coming her way. “Feel like sharing for a bit?” she flirted.

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Her grin grew a bit more. “Alright, alright. I trust you!” She hollered back over to her as she made her way around the floor, trying anything she could to keep away from her. No way was she going to give up and let her crash into her so easily. All her pride would probably slip away in an instant if that happened. When she heard word of teaming up on her, her eyes went back over to her best friend, spotting the two in the other car. “Hey, you can’t do that! They’re the enemy too, Syd!” With a dramatic groan, she made her way to the other end of the track, keeping her distance from both of the cars. Tag teaming was never a good thing when on the receiving end. It meant no way out.

Sydney giggled loudly as she tried to keep up with Nevaeh. She figured that having Owen and Farrah on her side would help, but seconds later they got caught between another couple and a wall. They were goners. It was just up to her now, and she sucked. “Okay, okay! Can we call a truce or something?” she chuckled, just as she collided into another wall. A few more cars ganged up on her, leaving Sydney trapped for a bit. “Nevaeh! Be my hero and come save me!” she exclaimed, tempted to threaten her with another kiss if she didn’t. But even Sydney knew where to draw the line.

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“Oh, I know, Syd. Just making sure that hasn’t changed the few years we were apart because I certainly still plan on telling you everything. That is if I can trust you.” Her eyebrows rose slightly at her friend, a small smile on her lips to give away that she was only joking. She’d never stopped trusting her, especially after she kept her secret of being a mutant for so long. She wasn’t sure what she would have done if she went off and told someone. Her grin only grew as she heard the name from the other girl. “Bet you can’t catch me, Syd!” While usually that would be true with her power, this was all a fair game and she’d play by the rules and not use that speed of hers. Moving across the floor, she tried to keep away from her.

"You better trust me! I'm your best friend!" she screeched teasingly across the arena as she tried to push her way through the wall of bumper cars to catch Nevaeh. If she were her, she'd use her super speed to get ahead of the game, although that might not make the whole thrill of the sport quite as much fun. Finally Sydney maneuvered toward Nev, a proud beam on her face. That was until Owen's car came colliding into hers, Farrah in the passenger seat. Not that Sydney had met either yet, but her friend filled her in.“Hey, you guys! Wanna help me team up on Nev?” she asked loudly enough to purposely let her bestie hear. 

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“That’s a great question, but isn’t the whole point of our friendship to not keep secrets?” Her eyebrows rose over at her friend as she got herself out of the jam. Her reply had been a bit more of a tease, to tag along with the kiss and her apparent non innocent dreams. Though noticing her red cheeks, she realized she may have taken it more seriously. She was quiet for a moment before laughter bursted through when she got hit again. “The whole point is to bump into each other, Syd! You’re on your own.”

"It is; you know I tell you everything. probably things you don't even want to know!" she laughed from afar, not really caring at all who caught their conversation. She figured Nevaeh was just teasing about wanting anything, but that didn't keep Sydney's mind from wandering a bit. "You traitor!" she called out, a sound of amusement in her tone. After messing with the gears for like the millionth time, Syd finally maneuvering out of the mess, a bright, scheming smirk on her lips as she whizzed toward her best friend.

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“You confuse me so much, dear Syd.” Chuckling, she pushed the controls forward more keeping her trapped. They were supposed to be having fun, and letting her go easily was not the way to do it. “Anything?” She wiggled her eyebrows a bit, grinning. After another moment though, she pulled back, turning the car so she could turn away from her. Accidentally, she bumped into someone behind her and she got trapped between the two cars. Moving the controls around, she started to maneuver her way out of the jam. “And now I’m stuck.” Laughing, she started to get out, pushing the car behind her a way from get as well.

“That’s the point, my darling, Nev. What kind of enigma would I be if I just gave everything away like that? And yes. Anything.” She felt even her own cheeks heat at that, curious what it was exactly her best friend might even want from her. Sydney giggled as she noticed Nevaeh was now stuck as well, but of course she freed herself quickly, the brunette’s laughter stifled as another bumper car slammed into her. “Help meee!” she exclaimed toward Nevaeh as she boiled over with laughter.

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“Oh, I know.” Her grin grew over at her best friend as the ride had turned on. Nevaeh wasn’t sure at all what her feelings were doing to her right now, but she was definitely interested to hear exactly what these dreams were that Syd was having. And were they new? Or had she been having them for a while. Though, she also wanted to hear more about the dreams of her parents, as long as she was okay sharing. She wanted to help her get them back. It had been a long time since Nev had been to a carnival, and just as long since she had rode the bumper cars, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t confident in knowing she’d be great at them still. Her eyebrows rose as Sydney apologized to the person then grinned again at her words. “Only in your dreams, Syd.” Starting to move the car, she dodged another player and made her way around the floor.

Sydney's thoughts about everything confusing and sad in her life were temporarily halted by the distraction of bumper cars. She was terrible at maneuvering them though, even with Nevaeh's guide and coaching. "Sometimes, maybe! Although these would be the more innocent ones," she mouthed over the sound of cars colliding into each other, and the boundaries of the driving arena. again, she twisted around but found herself trapped between the wall and Nev's car. "Don't you wanna spare me?" she plead teasingly, fluttering her eyelashes in a flirtatious gesture. "I'll do anything you want!" She tried to back out of the corner, but failed miserably. The ferris wheel was definitely more her speed.

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“There is no one else on Earth I’d rather have in that position.” Everything happening was beginning to honestly confuse her. The kiss starting it all. When the two were younger, some of their friends or other classmates would always joke that they were always so close they might as well be dating. From time to time after that, she would occasionally wonder what that would even be like. If it’d be awkward since they were best friends. Of course, she had always seen it as the others messing around, but now she kind of wondered if Syd really did feel that way. Or if she was just being her old flirty self. Her eyes rolled as she spoke about her dreams, that only made her thoughts wonder more. Getting into one of the cars, she grinned over at her. “You wish, Syd.” As the ride readied, she started to move hers around, turning to look at her friend. “The two bars to each side of you. Pull them back to go backwards, push them to go forward and they twist a bit to go left or right.”

“Thank you, Nev. That means a lot. and I hope you know I feel the same about you.” She did mean that; Sydney knew that her friend would likely never return her feelings, so, she’d have to settle. In school she had taken the teasing lightly, but the older she became, the more she realized the truth behind her feelings. And then, Nevaeh was gone. She was purposely baiting her a little, because if Nev was truly interested in those dreams, she’d ask again even if the topic had been dropped. It didn’t take long into the ride to discover that she was not made for this; Syd was being bombarded by a few more stealthy drivers. “I thought that’s what I was doing!” she cried, laughter bursting from her. Suddenly her car started to spin and collided with another. “Oops! Sorry!” she called out to the person with a bright smile. “I’m gonna get you, Nev!”

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“You better be. You’d be my maid of honor after all, can’t have you disappearing on me.” Ever since they were young, they had agreed to do most everything together, being each other’s maid of honor when they got married being one of the top priority. Though, when Nevaeh had to leave so suddenly, she was scared none of that would ever be able to actually be followed through. It was nice to finally have her back and know everything could return to normal, well for the most part. She kind of wondered if she even would get married, if she was going to be stuck here for the next several years, a wedding wasn’t the best thing to have. That, and she had yet to find anyone anyhow. Her eyes rolled just slightly. “I love all the praise you’re giving me Syd, but I’m not the best human being even here.” She noticed the blush and bit down on her lip a bit. “Hot dreams, huh? I would have never guessed.” As they were ushered forward, she hopped into one of the cars, grinning over at Sydney. “You ready?”

“I damn well better be,” she grinned, though deep down inside something ached at the words. Since they were kids that idea had been a dream come true, but the thought of Nevaeh being with someone else unsettled her. Sydney would always be happy for her of course and support her, but a pang o f jealousy hit. Changing the subject probably wouldn’t be a bad thing. “Hah, right. Most of my dreams are pretty steamy,” she winked before slipping into one of the cars. She was terrible at bumper cars, but it was still fun. “Hell yes. Be ready to eat your words, Nev,” she giggled as she stumbled to figure out how to make the car move. “How the hell do these things work?” she laughed loudly, just as another bumper car slammed into her from behind.

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“I’m not jealous yet. I was just stating that if you ever happened to, I would be. I believe you though.” Nevaeh wasn’t really sure how or what she thought of Sydney. Of course she was her best friend and she loved her with all of her heart, but it seemed like Syd was taking it in a bit of a different way. Maybe it was just them being back together that made her act that way, or maybe there were feelings starting to grow there, for the both of them. Her cheeks heated up at her words, and she rolled her eyes to try and divert her thoughts from it. “Oh, shut up. Just for that, I’m not sure you deserve to hear it out of my mouth.” Her eyes fell as her face got redder. “I don’t know about being the best Syd. There are people out there better than me. I’m sure we’ll both find someone though.” Looking past it, she nodded. She’d be fine with talking about it later, she didn’t want to make Sydney talk about it. “Inappropriate? Jesus, Syd, what exactly is going on in that mind of yours?”

“You better believe me. That’s not going to happen, Nev. Even if you go off and marry someone someday, I’ll still be here.” Sydney laughed, though the idea of that made her sadder than she let on. For a long time she’d been in denial about her feelings for her best friend; she no longer was with herself, but was pretty positive Nevaeh was still unaware. She grinned though, proud to be making her blush so much. “Never. You know better than that,” Sydney mused. “And that is so not true -- that anyone is better, I mean.” She gave a little nod, even if the idea of them finding other people was underwhelming. Now it was her turn to blush, and she gently led them to the front of the line; they would be in the next group. “I don’t know if you wanna know... but there were some pretty hot dreams,” she waggled her eyebrows, just before they were ushered onto the ride.

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“I can’t imagine myself much as a jealous type either, but I promise you, that is something I’d be jealous of.” She wasn’t lying, she really would get jealous if she heard her best friend was off cuddling with someone else, probably even if it was someone she’d be dating. She wouldn’t be mad or anything, but she would be a little upset it wasn’t her instead. Syd was killing her with all the flirting though, not necessarily in a bad way. Nevaeh had always found her friend attractive, but they were best friends, she was allowed to think that. However, she hadn’t liked or dated anyone yet at the compound. What if that was her sign that Sydney was the person she should be with? No, that didn’t sound right. “Oh, Syd I’m sure you’d love for me to say that about you wouldn’t you?” Her grin returned as she rolled her eyes playfully. She wasn’t wrong though, but again, Nevaeh knew how her ego was. Or at least how much of it she showed, and she also knew if she said anything, she’d probably tease her or flirt more. Nevaeh kept her smile, nodding at the other girl, but soon she also shook her head. “No, I haven’t met anyone. No one here really seems to be my type.” Her shoulders shook with a small shrug. Then her smile faded. “Syd, we can stop talking about it if you want. Though, if you want to talk about them, we can as well.” She squeezed her hand again. “I’m always here to talk. I hope those ones about me aren’t bad though.”

“You don’t have any reason to be jealous, I promise that. I am completely yours.” Sydney meant it the way it sounded exactly, even if she figure Nevaeh probably assumed she just meant as a friend. She was a shameless flirt, but if she knew that her favorite person would ever give her the light of day in such a way, it would be solely devoted to her. “Hah, caught me. I mean, hearing your sexy self calling me so is a huge boost, sweetie.” Sydney too was grinning now, biting her lip a little as she continued holding her hand. She just couldn’t get enough closeness now that they were reunited. “Well, I don’t know if anyone is deserving of you anyway. You’re the best person in the world. But I hope you find someone that makes you happy.” She kill to be that person. The mention of dreams had a little pang tearing through her, but the brunette shook her head and offered a softer smile. “Thanks. Maybe later, when we aren’t here. It just hit sometimes.” She’d never been one to show weakness, not even to her best friend, but Sydney felt as though sooner or later, she might have a breakdown. “I know you are, Nev. Thank you. And are you kidding?” her smile was back in a flash. “They’re great dreams, although some probably what you would consider inappropriate,” she said honestly.

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“They better be. I think I’d get jealous if you were to give them to someone else.” She didn’t care that she was admitting that. She really would get jealous because ever since they were kids, there had always been things they’d do together but never with anyone else and that was one of them. She laughed softly at her friends words, grinning. “Of course I think you’re cute. Much more than cute even.” Her cheeks heated up a bit again as she admitted that. “Well, if you wanted to hold it again, all you had to do was say so. You didn’t have to do it suddenly and pull me.” She stuck her tongue out at the other girl before stepping in line with her. Her eyes flickered back over to her as she went on, her smile fading a bit. “Syd, even if I did meet someone, you’d still always be the first person I allowed in my bed to come cuddle with me.” Her head tilted to the side a bit, her hand squeezing the other girls a bit before her eyebrows raised. “Oh? And why not?”

“I can’t imagine you jealous, Nev. I’m the jealous one. Don’t worry though, they’re always yours too.” She was shocked by the confession, but it also gave her a little pang of hope. They had always done their own kind of thing, even if on a more innocent level than now. Not that they weren’t still, but Sydney was definitely feeling different sparks than for the teenager she’d grown up with. “More than cute, huh?” she grinned fully, admiring how adorable Nevaeh’s cheeks were. “Like what? Sexy?” she questioned out of curiosity. “Sorry, you know I’m eager. Next time I will though.” Sydney squeezed her friend’s hand back, her response was bittersweet. Especially because Nev had avoided part of the question. “Thank you, that means a lot,” she promised softly, giving her a shaky smile. “But, um, did you meet someone?” It would make sense if she had -- maybe that was why she’d been so perturbed by the kiss? “Because many are scary, with my parents,” she answered, focusing her gaze on the line to try and avoid tears. “And others, well, many of them involve you.”

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"Well, of course. You should probably ask their permission first, but the ones needing the most help would probably be the kids, and even the adults may not have a problem with you helping.” Farrah on the other hand wasn’t sure she’d want anyone seeing her dreams, because if they did they’d be able to figure out exactly what she had been hiding, and she may never be trusted again. The kids needed help, but she didn’t want Sydney putting all of her energy into helping them, there were other ways to get rid of nightmares. “Glad to hear that, I’d have to kick you out if you had any other intentions.” She nodded, a small smile on her lips. “A dance could be interesting. It could still be held here even.” Her smile faded, but only for a moment before it returned again. “Yeah, I probably should get some rest here soon. Who knew shutting down a carnival was so much work.”

“Really? I’d love to help kids.” truth be told, she’d always wanted to become a teacher. But after a lot of trauma with the whole mutant thing and then her parents, Sydney had ended up putting college on the back-burner. “Of course. Permission would be necessary. I’ll do whatever I can here to pull my load. I’m just grateful to have somewhere to go. Sentinel took my parents.” She felt a stray tear stream down her cheek, but quickly wiped it away. Truth be told, she’d been having her own nightmares lately. But luckily when she would discover so, she could change them. “Hah, don’t worry. I’m a pretty honest person -- for better or worse,” she shrugged. “I think so too, and exactly. It could be low maintenance. I used to plan them in school; I’d happily help.” Sydney nodded; she was tired, so she imagined Farrah especially was. “Probably no one or they wouldn’t have helped,” she mused lightly. “But, get some sleep. Thank you for the warm welcoming, Farrah. See you around.”

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“Well, I can understand that, my snuggles are pretty damn great. I missed yours too, but I couldn’t just give them to anyone cause it wouldn’t be the same then.” She let out a sigh at the thought, rubbing the back of her neck. Her lips turned up into a bit of a smirk at her friends reaction. Nevaeh definitely knew Sydney was attractive, she had been since she could remember, but she wasn’t just going to fee her ego anymore. “What would you rather be, Syd?” She stumbled forward a bit as she pulled her along, laughing a bit when they stopped. “You realize I can walk myself right?” Standing up straight again, she met her eyes. “I’m fine giving you cuddles anytime, and I don’t think anyone in the room would mind you in there either.” She paused as she bit down on her lip a bit, shaking her head after a moment. “I’m not too sure, but we can figure something out?”

“Your snuggles are the best, Nev. and same here. My cuddles are always reserved for my bestie.” Despite her outer confidence and boldness, Sydney was more insecure than she let on. Sometimes she fished for compliments, so she couldn’t help but pout at Nevaeh’s answer. “I dunno, pretty much anything else? You could at least say cute, or something. Unless you don’t think I’m cute.” Syd laughed at her friend’s reaction to her grabbing her hand. “Of course I do but I wanted to hold your hand again. Jesus. And good, though I don’t care what anyone else thinks anyway. I’ll keep you in bed all day if you let me. I was just warning that I don’t sleep in much. Unless of course...” she trailed, feeling her stomach knot. “Unless you met someone?” Of course she would be happy for Nevaeh, but deep down, heartbroken. “Maybe we can. I might be able to pull you into one of my dreams, but you may not like what she see,” she joked as they moved with the line again.

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savvymatrix:

“You’d probably be able to help some people around here with their dreams. Though, it would never be easy work, so I probably wouldn’t, at least not now. With the uh, recent events before the carnival, a lot of people have been having nightmares and stuff.” She let out a sigh at the thought. Even at her age, she still had occasional nightmares, but hers were still mostly from being at Sentinel. Being there again. “You’re welcome, and I definitely will.” She laughed softly, nodding. “I guess you could always do that.” Farrah was at the point she was having to keep herself from yawning. Having been thrown into a conversation was keeping her awake, but that didn’t mean she was any less tired. Damn being a founder was a lot of work. “We’ll definitely try and have another one. Maybe we’ll try and do something for everyone once a month or something.”

"I didn't think about that, but that is true. Nevaeh did fill me in a little bit about that. It might not be pleasant, but I'd still be willing to help them. I guess the hardest part is that it is sort of a breach of trust, unless someone gives you permission to do it. Or unless they're evil," she joked lightly. "I would like to use it for good though.' Sydney smiled softly as she noticed Farrah yawning; she had to be tired after all the work she'd put in for the event. "That could be fun, even if it's something smaller scale. A dance could be a cool idea, maybe," she suggested with a gentle smile. "Make sure you get some rest -- you've worked hard today." She felt bad for keeping her up, but it had been a long one, for both of them, really.

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“You’re dependent on my snuggles? I mean, I know they’re great and everything, but come on.” She joked, grinning over at her. “Either way, you can have them anytime you want alright?” Her cheeks almost immediately began to heat up again as Syd went on, barely being able to believe the words were coming out of her mouth. She figured it could have just been more innocent flirting, but what if it really wasn’t? “Ah, thank you, Syd. You’re not too bad looking yourself.” She grinned at her, that was until her cheeks got even redder. “What does sleeping in have to do with anything?” She wasn’t going to deny that she probably wouldn’t want to peek at least once. Sydney was definitely attractive and Nevaeh had never thought otherwise, but still it was kind of embarrassing that Sydney was suggesting it. “Hey, that’s not a very nice way to show me your power, Syd.”

“Yes, I am,” she replied in a seriously tone, though there was a playful twinkle in her eyes. “I just about died without them these last several years, so I have a lot of TLC I need to catch up on. But, good. Thank you. Same goes for you, you know.” Sydney was used to being the one usually to initiate such things, but Nevaeh’s offer made her happy. And currently, her heart was speaking for her more than her brain was. She was flirting, of course, but not as innocently as she did with others. “You’re welcome. And not too bad looking?” she stuck her tongue out at her childishly. “I guess I’ll take that.” As the line moved forward she took Nev’s hand again, pulling her with her. “Well, I’m especially needy for cuddles at bedtime,” she chuckled, feeling her own cheeks flush. “It was just a warning is all.” Sydney still didn’t know too much about her power, especially not how to control it, so she pouted a little at her best friend’s response. “I just don’t know how to otherwise,” she admitted gently. “But if I figure it out, of course I’ll show you.”

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“Oh? So you’re allowed to cry but if I even say I’m gonna do it, I’m a drama queen? Now how does that make any sense, Syd?” Her eyebrows arched at her friend, genuinely curious. She was glad no one had heard their conversation though, definitely a relief. She didn’t have any real problem talking with her friend like that, but she hadn’t been this close to anyone the past five years, it wasn’t necessarily something the people around there were used to. “And why exactly are you wanting to take a peek so badly?” Her head cocked to the side a bit, a small smirk on her lips. She couldn’t keep letting the girl get her embarrassed, so she had to play along. Not that anything she was saying wasn’t true. Her power really did seem cool. As much as Nevaeh loved her own power, she knew there were definitely cooler ones out there, and Syd’s seemed like a great example. “As fun as that sounds, I’m not sure I really trust you with my dreams.”

“I was teasing you of course, Nev. I just feel like I might b more dependent on your snuggles than you are mine, that’s all.” Sydney gave a little nonchalant shrug, her own cheeks heating up. “Um, because you’re stunning? And hot? Like, why would I not want to? For the record, if you wanna peek at me I have no problem with it. I think you should know though that sometimes I don’t sleep in much.” Sydney returned the smirk, laughing as she pulled Nevaeh into the line for the bumper cars. “I can’t really blame you or anything,” she admitted honestly. “I can’t promise that it would be a very appropriate dream if you let me in.”

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savvymatrix:

“Yeah, but even getting into their minds once or for a short period of time can be extremely useful.” It could probably even be helpful around the compound at times, with some of the younger kids who had nightmares. As great as that sounded though, it’d probably strain her of her energy, kind of like the carnival did to Farrah. Even shutting down the rides had a been a crap ton of work. “I don’t necessarily see that as true. If you tried hard enough, you could probably help save the world.” She gave her a reassuring smile. Even if the little matchmaking ordeal had been a little much earlier, she still saw this girl to obviously be good. She wasn’t lying either while she was talking up the power, it really did seem cool. “I try my hardest to keep it up, thankfully I haven’t really gotten close to getting caught in a few years.” She then pressed her lips together for a moment before shrugging. “I’m not really sure. I think we’ll try and do more things like that, but it really isn’t that easy.”

“I suppose so, especially with some people. If I can use it to do that, I would love to.” Sometimes it did wear her down a little with some much energy being released, but Sydney didn’t mind. She wanted to help if she could. “Thank you,” she smiled back softly, almost feeling guilty about pushing her toward Owen, but there was so much potential there. “Good, keep up that streak, yeah? I guess I could always try and slip into the dreams and convince them otherwise if not.” Sydney understood the hesitance of more carnivals. It seemed like a ton of work, and that was coming from her as a newbie that didn’t even lend a hand. She couldn’t imagine how the founders felt about it. “Oh I’m sure -- it doesn’t look or sound like it, I was just curious. Thank you for doing it at all.”