[she bristles because the thought of something like that is so ridiculous, so stupid, that it's aggravating! What a dumb place. How useless.

Glasses characters are-- okay, a lot of them are useless perverts. But in manga they're useful!]

It sounds like a very tasteless place, your home. With loud shounen.

[nice job, Michelle. Insult the homeland of the person you're dealing with here. Her eyebrows hike up to her hairline dangerously.]

Why didn't you mention your weapon earlier? Jeez, some situations just make kids freeze up. And goth jewelry, as in that stuff. The black clothes and dismal atmosphere.