Ellen Outside the Lines

Everyone goes to see the list of teams, and Laurel immediately asks why Ellen is on a different team than her and the other two girls. Everyone but Ellen seems to be paired by room. Laurel is sympathetic to Ellen’s situation but is powerless to change it. However, she does invite Ellen to sit with her at breakfast. She tries to tell Ellen that it could be an opportunity to make a new friend, but Laurel knows how Ellen feels about being around people she doesn’t know well. Ellen wonders if Abba did this to her on purpose to try and push her to develop her independence, but she isn’t sure. Moments later, Isa walks up and tells Ellen that they should go meet their other teammates, Andy and Noah-James (Gibs). Ellen doesn’t want to go, but she agrees, and they all sit down and introduce themselves. Andy goes first, and Isa asks him what his pronouns are. Andy finds the question strange but answers anyway, and Gibs responds similarly. Isa introduces themselves with they/them pronouns and explains that they just moved from New York.