Joan finds Iris crying in the hallway (which has lockers, so I guess this is in the school somewhere after all) and says, "I didn't know! I never would have let them do that if I'd known!" Iris says, "You knew why they were all here...what kinds of lives they've had." Joan: "Yeah, but they wanted to do it!" Iris: "But I told them no. They didn't tell you that?" Joan says she didn't realize, and puts her hands to her forehead, saying, mostly to herself, "I'm such an idiot." To Iris, she says, "I thought it would be fun. We were having fun." Iris sniffles and says, "It's okay. What I did in there, it was worse." Yeah, I think I would have to agree with that. Joan says no, and sighs, "I should have asked you first." Iris sobs, "I just get scared when I see..." She sniffles some more, and says, "I'm sorry. It's not your fault." Joan walks a little closer to her and says, "How was the concert?" It's over by 9:30? Joan's shift is supposed to be 6:30 to 9:30 on Thursday evening. Iris says it was really good. Joan pauses and says, "They aren't brother and sister, you know." Iris gives Joan a puzzled, irritated look. Joan emits a mild snort, and Iris laughs a little bit. They just look at each other with tears in their eyes.









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