“Go get some papers, Sam. Sam McSamsam. Sammy-sam. Samster-”
Hamster. Sammy-sam McSamsam the classroom hamster.
“I don’t want to get up any more than you do,” Sam growled. “You’re not one of the talkative ones, are you? I like it quiet.”
Seriously, how many days have they been together?
“Mom,” Aisha said, as if she could get her mom’s attention. Ironically enough, she knew that if she deactivated her power, she’d have even less chance of talking to her mom. It wasn’t just the horned mask and the black costume. She’d never had anyone just sit down and listen to her.
Yeah, I think if she’d made herself visible, they’d do quite a lot of other things than listening to her. Especially since she’d appear to show up out of nowhere in that costume, though that might change their tune from anger to fear.
Dad ignored her, mom was self-centered and Brian was too focused on what needed to be done that he ignored everything else.
That sounds like a really good description of Brian.
Taylor’s got a bit of that too, but it manifests somewhat differently.