[ Oh, well, none of this is a secret. It's all common knowledge at home, or on her official record. Her good humor fades into nonchalance, affected so many times before it's become almost real. ]

When I said I'm a borderline pass, I mean I'm a fail who was pushed through because they want to use my abilities. Most people in my situation die violent and starving at the edge of the Cursed Earth. I grew up in a slum.

I'm too human to be a Judge, and too mutant to be a human.

But I don't care. They can use me if they want. This is what I've always wanted to do. Those people in the slums-- they don't deserve that.

[ She falls silent. It's a heavy situation to explain, one she's not sure she fully can. That's the best she can do. There's an earnestness to her, and a tenacity, that is impossible to suppress no matter how impassive she tries to be. ]