[ she picks up and scans through the list one more time, a “hmm” passing through her lips as she reads. ]

It reads like they’re trying to get some of us to do more than date, if you ask me. That kind of stuff isn’t really what I’m looking for anyway.

[ not that she was really. looking for much of anything. ]

I don’t wanna sound paranoid, but they could take those answers and mess with us based on what we say? It’s a lot of effort, but so’s setting this up.

…or at least, it’s supposed to be. [ “effort” ]