Rose stopped just around the corner from the school. She let the Contractor down out of her arms and transformed into ordinary attire. The contractor informed her of the meeting changing. Rose just kept walking. She took note but said nothing. Her eyes barely lifted from the ground to see where she was going. Emiri's murder was a deep blow to Rose. Even as she sat through her morning classes, she could not focus on the lesson. She was even more quiet than she usually was. Only one of her teachers pulled her aside after class to ask how she was doing. She did not want to discuss it with the teacher, so the teacher just left the annoying invitation 'I will be here when you are ready to talk'. Rose never liked people like that. The teacher did help Rose with one aspect. Rose's grieving turned from sorrow, to anger. Still, she said nothing to no one.

Finally suffering through her morning classes, Rose made her way to the meeting place during lunch. She was the first one there besides the Contractor. The Contractor gave a greeting and Rose just barked at him to be silent. Rose looked at the box lunch she had to eat for lunch. She tried but could not eat it. She did not have the stomach for it.