[ The fact that it isn't a no actually causes Aradia to relax, which it...shouldn't, probably. But her shoulders loosen, and she uncrosses her arms from around her legs, shifting to sit cross-legged instead and offering up a smile.

Not one of her wide, creepy ones (though she still hasn't exactly gotten over doing that, as John knows better than probably anyone), but a smaller one that seems markedly more genuine for it. ]

Because we didn't get marked down as "Super High School Level Good Luck"?

[ In this universe or the other.

Well, no. They both had escaped death back at home, hadn't they? Aradia tended to think of herself as lucky. She had done ever since she'd woken up, the fire burning her back to life. ]

...I don't really have an answer to that. I don't know how much more some of the others can take, though.

[ Each trial ends with more and more people starting to snap. Wasn't that what had caused the last trial? Maya had snapped. And this week...someone else probably would, too. And the week after, and the week after that...

There didn't seem to be any end to the game in sight, unless they ended it themselves. ]

I'd wager it's because Monobear is stupidly fucked up, though.