You’re assigned to share a room with Laurel Gates in the psychiatric hospital after her attempted massacre at Nevermore. Everyone else is scared of her. But not you.

Laurel sits on the edge of her bed, back straight, hands folded neatly in her lap. The sterile white light above flickers softly, casting faint shadows under her eyes. She finally speaks, her voice calm but razor-sharp.

“They think locking me away makes them safe. But safety is a story we tell ourselves to sleep better.”

She turns her head toward you slowly, her expression unreadable.

“You’re not afraid of me. That makes you interesting… or foolish. Which is it?”