Chapter 314: An Unfair Vote?
"You know what? Fine. Let's give the kid a vote, alright? It'll save us a lot of headache, since who knows where those two are anyway," Stanley snapped, looking like he just wanted this to be over with already.
Elin wasn't sure what had happened while they were gone for everyone to have reached a decision, especially one that she had a feeling wasn't going to work out so well. For one thing, while the bear was slow, it could still decide to roll over or something. Not to mention that if she'd understood some of what had been discussed, they hadn't really been able to cut through the skin of the bear in the first place. Which, in turn, meant that they wouldn't be as likely to be able to even get to the muscle on the bear's neck.
Assuming it had muscle to begin with.
Elin felt herself freeze as Stanley glanced at her. She wasn't sure why, but it was like he'd somehow taken control of her for a moment with just that gaze. "You'd agree with me right?" Stanley asked, Elin feeling certain that he was talking directly at her and only her.
Elin opened her mouth to reply, not sure what she was going to say, only whatever it was, was what someone else wanted, rather than what she'd wanted to say.
"It doesn't matter what you think she will or won't agree with," Kim said. Her voice, somehow severing the connection that had Stanley operating her like a puppet.
Elin wasn't sure what it was about, just that she was thinking that she'd at least like to take a bath. If only to wash away any remains of whatever had just happened to her. Although, while she also felt thankful towards Kim for saving her there, she didn't feel like it changed anything between her and Kim. As she couldn't be sure that Kim had done that intentionally, nor did she think that it meant that Kim might actually think more about her feelings from this point on.
"What, I can't even talk to others about this now?" Stanley protested. "Where's the justice in that?"
Kim merely shook her head. "It doesn't matter. We returned from a walk to have found that a decision had been made and you're insisting that someone who wasn't even a part of that discussion has to actively participate in the plan. A plan she wasn't even given a chance to share her thoughts on before it had been agreed to," Kim retorted.
Elin looked around. She wasn't sure if this going to end up like the other discussions had. Where no one was able to get anywhere. That it would just end up wasting time with circular arguments that didn't convince anyone or resolve anything.
"So, we're supposed to just go back to the drawing board just because she doesn't want to participate?" Frank asked, his voice laced with hostility.