Cori shook his hand and took the pad back. She gave him a confused look when he referred to everyone from Frye Island as a freak. She rolled her eyes at him though instead of objecting and just knocked her fist against her temple again. The teachers here liked to tell them they were special and different, not freaks. Cori liked to think she was just living her version of normal.
'I don't know,' she scribbled back. 'I guess no one since my mom's dead.' She shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal and passed it back.