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It wasn't like she was an expert yet, but between the talk with the psychologist and the stuff she and Danny were doing lately, she'd gotten used to the gun at least. Even so, she kept the damn thing locked up in the box, just like she'd promised Harley she would, and it would stay there until Danny told her she was allowed to carry it or until she was actually licensed or however it worked on the island. Generally, Kate was all about breaking rules, but not when it came to something like this. Something that could get people killed.

So the gun was still in her closet, locked in the box as she lounged out in front of her hut. She was going over the applications for her new roommate, papers spread out around her. Chang was lying nearby in the shade and although she was occasionally asking him for his opinion, he didn't seem to be all that concerned or interested in who she picked.

"If you're going to be like that, I'm just gonna pick the person who likes dogs the least," she threatened.

Chang didn't seem to care.

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Kate wanted to point out that Esther was just a kid, but that hadn't stopped her from hurting Coraline. "Okay," she said, thinking about it. This was the shit she wasn't prepared for, but something she had to do anyway. This was the stuff she was training for and she wanted to make the right decision.

She just wasn't sure what the right decision was.

"So she hit you with a branch, then she just left you and went off camping with Danny," she said. "That sounds... like it could be bad." Like Danny might be in danger next.

"Yes, I mean... I think she dropped it on me and then dropped it on me again to make sure I was..." Coraline's voice trailed off. Coraline didn't know what she had done to Esther, maybe she knew how she felt all dark and twisted and jealous about her. Coraline didn't know why she had done it though, it didn't make any sense. "She wouldn't hurt Danny, would she? She can't hurt him, she can't!"

"I don't know. I've pretty much been avoiding her. She's creepy as fuck," Kate said honestly. "Tell me straight up, though. Do you think she'd hurt Danny?"

Even now, Kate was planning on going after her. Even if she wouldn't hurt Danny, she'd hurt Coraline and it was sort of Kate's job to take care of stuff like that now. She couldn't just let her get away with it.

Coraline wasn't sure, she didn't think she would hurt her but she had so maybe Danny wasn't safe. What had the Other Mother done when she wanted Coraline? She had isolated her, she had taken away everyone she loved and then she made herself into the perfect thing for her... oh, oh no.

"I- yes, I think she would. I mean, that's what the Other Mother did to me. She's doing the same thing," Coraline said worried. "She's going to hurt him but she can't, she just can't."

"Okay," Kate said, chewing her lower lip thoughtfully. This was the sort of thing that required her to think fast and she ran through all the possibilities and kept arriving at the same conclusion. Danny could be hurt.

"You go to the Compound, okay?" she asked. "See a doctor and make sure you're okay. I'm going to go find Danny, that's all. If Esther's with him, she won't hurt either of us if we're together. It'll be okay."