Castiel laid down on the ground next to her as Cayenne lectured her about lone Priests dying alone and how strong she was. Castiel curled up into herself even tighter than before and muttered a few suggestions about where he could stick a cactus. But she did want this, she did want to become a Priest. She just expected... she just expected something other than what actually happened than the sad series of events that led her here. Discovering that in order to move she'd killed some kind of angel, and that all her social experience ended up meaning nothing because she'd be lied to or taken advantage of anyway because of her dumb compulsive kindness.

She was snapped out her angry and bitter thoughts by the sound of a wrapper being opened. She guessed Claude was done with the exercise, probably eating the dumb candy she'd bought weeks earlier. Maybe Cayenne was right, maybe she should try to work in the group. She didn't want to admit it, but she didn't want to look like the weakest. She didn't want to mention her soul alignment or life experience and complicate matters by having them pity her. She sighed and hit her head against her knees. She needed to be better with people if she stood a chance at doing anything worthwhile. So she stood and walked over to Claude.

How was she going to phrase this to not come out rude? "It was a thinly veiled rock. It was sitting on the wall in front of us." she tried to explain, not particularly caring about John at the moment. It felt like pulling teeth, but she tried to retain a civil tone. "Claude, right?" she asked as she stood next to him. "I'm not good with people. I keep trying but I guess I gave up at some point. I think what I'm trying to say..." she tried to think up words that the teacher wouldn't scold her for using, "is that I'm trying to be better for my own reasons, and so are you. Why not work together to get somewhere other than paddling in a circle?" was she really going to kiss up to him? This was pointless, he'd probably be dead sooner or later, and she'd be alone again. "I'll try not to throw any more hissy fits, but I don't make any promises on that."