"I don't know. The Barge's standards for graduation are obscure and arbitrary -- for every person who graduates because they stop murdering, there's another inmate who graduated because he agreed to murder less! But I'd like to see them reach an understanding. Jasper's been badly hurt, and I think Rose is trying not to think about it. I've noticed she avoids topics that are painful or uncomfortable, and just tries to move on. That can be a valuable ability in a crisis, but on the Barge, it's only going to hold her back."

Whatever the Authority brought her here for, it isn't going to happen if she stays easy breezy beautiful. Getting to graduation is about the drama, and it always means digging into your private history to hold it up for public judgment.