Sohalia
"You're not boring!" Soh exclaimed, offended on behalf of her friend. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with being Accepted." Say what you like about her - that didn't really matter. But insult her friends? Absolutely not - especially if it was negative self-talk. But despite her outburst, she wilted quickly. "Anyway, I probably should've mentioned it before now. I'm sorry," she said, ignoring the awkwardness to try to repair the little rift between them.In any case, Tal didn't seem to hold it against her - or, at the very least, he seemed to desperately want a way out of the conversation - so she shrugged off the moment of embarrassment. "Knives?" she said helpfully. "I was saying that I'd like to know more about them. If you wouldn't mind, that is."
it's just a spark, but it's enough to keep me going