Clara wanted desperately to eat from the silver and gold bags in the food truck and immerse herself in the lives of "wrong thinking" people. But she now knew that Helen was on her way to their meeting place on the East side of The Lake.

Feigning disinterest in the game room, displaying no knowledge of how games were created, in the game design room, she turned to Donna, whose brass-studded blue jeans and V-necked black leather vest she silently admired. "How can I get out of here?" she asked.