[The girls (excluding Cornelia) are in the canteen. Cornelia walks up to them]
Cornelia:
Ughh, I have had it!
Taranee:
Cornelia, we all feel terrible about Elyon, but...
Will:
We thought we were protecting her. We thought Phobos would take longer to find her.
Cornelia:
No, you thought that. I am sick of playing follow the leader. My best friend is in the clutches of some creature. Things were going just fine before you came to this school!
Hay Lin:
It's not all Will's fault!
Cornelia:
Whatever! The point is, this protecting the Veil thing is becoming really unfun.
[Irma sighs and stands up]
Irma:
Cornelia, it's not an after school activity, it's our responsibility to answer the call of duty.
Cornelia:
Well, duty can lose my phone number.
Taranee:
What are you talking about?
Cornelia:
I'm over this!
Taranee:
Cornelia, even friends fight.
Hay Lin:
We'll all be best friends tomorrow! Pinky swear!
[Hay Lin, Irma and Taranee hold out their pinkies]
Cornelia:
The pinky isn't going to fix this one.
Will:
Maybe we should have told Elyon the truth.
Cornelia:
Yes, we should have. And now I'm going to do something I should have done a long time ago - I quit!
Hay Lin:
I hope you mean dairy!
Cornelia:
I mean this friendship, I mean the Guardians! Somebody else can fight big lizards and gargoyles for a while. [She storms off]
