[ her camp record exceeds... everyone else, she's pretty sure. she's been attending in some capacity for ten years now. most kids arrive around eleven or twelve. ]

It can be dangerous when you're not prepared for the monsters. Some kids just use the summer to train and prepare for the rest of the year at home, but sometimes they're year-rounders instead, for various reasons. [ explaining it like it it's a fact and not a personal experience, despite literally just telling him it is. ]

[ she absently continues to pet bob cat, finding a softer comfort in him. ]

I've been going since I was seven, but I only stayed year round until I was about thirteen. We attract a lot of negative attention in school, so we have a tendency to get kicked out or drop out. I've cycled through a bunch of schools in the last few years.