"It's alright," Katie replied, even though it wasn't really alright, exactly. But she nodded along as he talked, smiling faintly when he mentioned the DA. "I'm safe. At least, I think I am? No one knows that I'm not... under the slime juice, whatever it really is. I have a friend... he helped me get off it, kind of forced me off it really, and then he made sure I knew how to hide it, you know?" She paused, and then added. "I do want to help. I have since I figured everything out, I just. I have no idea how. Everyone I know is under the slime juice, I think... except that one friend. Well, and now you. It's hard working up the nerve to figure out if people are safe or not, you know?"