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Her past is creeping up on her

In a clinical timeline, this "quiet" period regarding drugs is often referred to as the incubation phase. Alice has been working hard, playing the role of the "provider" while Kris stays home. The fact that she hasn't mentioned drugs suggests she is trying to maintain a "veneer of normalcy" in her new San Francisco life.

Alice has officially become a "Missing Person"—both legally and psychologically. She has traded her controlling mother for the "freedom" of the streets, but she has no tools to survive them.

Alice is a drug dealer worrying about a scholarship.

Alice is socially anxious, suffering from feelings of alienation and loneliness. Her dieting is concerning.