After that, she turned without hesitation and knocked on the door across from Stella Sterling's, abandoning her plan to ask Stella for help.
Even the people who were normally so good-tempered had been hostile today. That young woman was fierce enough on a good day; if she went to her now, who knew if she'd come out with a knife.
Stella Sterling watched the scene unfold clearly on her security camera. She shrugged and smiled. It just went to show, if you were a little fierce, no one would dare to bully you.
But the more accommodating you seemed, the more people thought you were a pushover, and they'd single you out.
'Hmm, good. I wasn't fierce enough before. I'll have to keep working on being even fiercer.'
Many people assumed this outage would be like the last one, with the power returning the next day. Because of this, everyone was much calmer this time, and their reactions weren't as intense.
