"Yeah, it does," Beverly agrees quietly, nodding. She hasn't run into as many problems in Darrow, many of the kids here nicer than the ones from Derry, but a lot of the same principles still apply. So do the same social dynamics. It's just, maybe, a bit less of an extreme this way. More normal, maybe. There was something deeply wrong there, and she knows it. Darrow might be strange, but at least there doesn't seem to be quite the same pervasive awfulness.

She smiles, though, not wanting to put too much of a damper on the mood, and nudges his shoulder with hers. "Way better to be uncool and nice, if you ask me."