(some typing, Kamal goes offline) Kamal/Offline: Heh, looks like the mask is working. I'm offline, but as far as my data profile in New Jersey knows, I'll be living my normal life. Sophia: You even know how we're going to get there? Kamal: I was going to figure that out next. Hang on... Sophia: The best bet's the packbus. There a 6:00 pickup in the abandoned lot behind the monorail station. Kamal: What do you mean 'we'? Sophia: Here, give me some of those chips. I'll cash them out. And bring some with you, because sometimes people take them. Kamal: What do you mean 'we'? Sophia: What, you would prefer I turn myself in at one of the camps? Kamal: Coral... Sophia: There's no Coral to deport me to Kamal. It's a refugee camp for me now. Kamal: ...I, I thought you were going to marry Aiden? Sophia: Yeah, I know you did.
Kamal: Sophie, you can't come-- Sophia: --The packbus has a driver and a couple passengers on the grid. They fill the rest of the seats with refues. A couple of blue chips should get us as far as Reno. Kamal: Is Aiden still in jail? Sophia: I'm going to try to bail him out one more time this afternoon, then meet you at the station at 5:30 for the 6:00 bus. Kamal: No, you're not listening to me. You can't-- Sophia: --Watch out getting to the pickup, because gangs sometimes hang around watching for loners to mug, or worse... Kamal: Or worse? Sophia: Teenage girls, especially. Kamal: How do you know all this stuff? Sophia: I told you once Kamal, I've been poor. Kamal: I thought... didn't you come here like me, with a scholarship? Sophia: Well there was this aunt and uncle, supposed to look after me... it didn't work out.
Kamal: Did your parents know? Sophia: I spent a year in camps, another year after that squatting... I found this burned out apartment, but by a miracle it still had running water and that was the key. Kamal: I didn't know. Sophia: Yeah. Only certain kinds of jobs you can get if you can't get cleaned up. Kamal: Two years... and then? Sophia: I met Aiden. Kamal: Sophie, you can't come with me. It would be too dangerousd-- Sophia: --Oh sure, and who's going to look after you after you're offline? You? Kamal: I won't let you go back to the camps. Sophia: You don't know which restaurants compost, and what day they put their old vegetables out back. You don't know which bathrooms are neutral and which are gang turf... Kamal: You have to marry Aiden, dammit!
Kamal: Ya, okay. There was something I never expected to hear myself say.(laughs) Sophia: You're eager to get rid of me. Heh, not so pretty now that you know I'm just another refuse girl. Kamal: You've got to do it Sophia. It's just a piece of paper. Marry Aiden and you're a citizen. Sophia: I don't love him. Kamal: This isn't about love. We aren't teenagers, Sophia, even if I sometimes act like one. This is the real world. Sophia: I know you're trying to be nice to me... Kamal: It's not working? Sophia: It... I'll go bail out Aiden, you make your arrangements, we'll meet behind the factory by the monorail station. I'll be there by 5:30 to catch the 6:00 bus. Kamal: You can't throw your life away like this just... just to make me happy. Sophia: 5:30 Kamal. Don't be late.
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