"You should," Brash adds in for Octavia as she approaches. "The more students there, the less any adults might notice if I skip out on activities."

As Brash stops near the two, Carri, who always sticks close behind, nearly runs into her. Having to stop so quickly with her heavy backpack causes her to lose balance and she falls to her rump. "Ow..."

"In fact, you should invite all of your qualified contacts to the event." Brash walks around to Carri's backpack, digs into it and pulls out some papers. "Good thing Carri got extra sign-up forms."

"I was going to give those to my friends." Carri says as she gets back on her feet.

Brash hands the forms to Broadshield but still talks to Carri, "How many friends do you think you have?"

Carri gives a quizzical look, "Well there's you ...and everybody else!" She responds with a smile.

Brash groans at that and turns away from the two, ready to leave.