Movement from a table nearby caught Zaylin’s attention just before a boy she did not recognize requested an apple, which Luca tossed to him.

She looked at Amy curiously as she noticed the girl turn her back toward another who sat at the table near them, taking a moment to glance at the girl who had caused Amy's reaction.

Zaylin swallowed her mouthful of food and looked slowly from Amy to Luca. “I’ve heard about that murder... Not that the [i]entire school[/i] doesn’t know about it, or anything." She paused. "You know,” -- she pointed the prongs of her fork toward Luca -- “I never did get your name.”