(She snorts in agreement, shifting her weight and hunching her shoulders in her jacket, hunkering down in it.

When the girl looks surprised by the sight of her, Alyssa simply raises an eyebrow.)

Guides? Girl Guides. It's this after-school thing, it... (this is bullshit, how does she not know what Guides is. Alyssa casts about for what to say, then draws up her shoulders and reels off something she's clearly memorised, cadence deeply insincere.) Enables girls and young women to develop their full potential and make a difference in the world.

(Glancing back, she rolls her eyes and shrugs.) It's like learning knots and shit.