Bella regards Bridget, feeling unexpectedly calm for the circumstances.

[Bridget's in the sinister organization,] she reports detachedly, to Alice and Lazarus both.

"I knew it was weird that you were in that class. I knew it."

She swallows; if she freaks out she'll stay freaked out for an inconveniently long time. She can not-freak-out if she wants; she has that power. She can be collected and figure out how to move forward. If she runs at 3x and doesn't let any of her tripled mind vote to scream at her "friend".

"Join up with what?"