[There's a flicker of confusion on Tess's face –– guards? –– but it clicks just as fast. Tiffany had been imprisoned at some point before being an inmate, hadn't she? It tracks.

She hasn't always liked Tiffany. Parts of her still loathes the tolerance, the withheld judgement. But a Tiffany indignant, heated? That feels like the most relatable thing in the world.]

Yeah, you're one of 'em, but at least you're not a cop. Cops and military types are always bastards, and people are okay with that. That's the rub of it. They just ask what I did to deserve it, rather than if they were justified. Fuck that.