[there aren't any objections. she's considered it. more than once, really, but she... worked really hard to save up money to buy that figurine. and she wants to hang on to it. it's one of the few things she has that she's actually gotten for herself and didn't, like, need. it was an indulgence. it's more than just what's on the surface to her.]

[anyway, she's going to try her best not to stare, and fortunately she's too bummed out to be as attracted to Jen as that kind of display might usually get. Lina's in her casual clothes, a tank top with her bra straps poking out from underneath and an oversized plaid button-down hanging open, and she just. these clothes are so old. is there a way to sigh internally? she's doing that.]

I appreciate it, but that's not really the point, you know? [she finally looks up from her plate for longer than a couple seconds.] It just feels like... you're actually living and I'm just. Surviving. And it fucking sucks.