[Mint]

"Today's special...runny egg whites and tasteless oatmeal." The redhead sighed as he pushed his food around more. "It's like eating mashed wood."

He looked around- even though it was uncommon for the older kids to care enough to look up from their trays. The security looked a bit tighter today. Armed guards were at ever door and there was a patrol above them on the catwalk overhead. The mirrored windows set in the walls were only coverings for the scientists watching them and taking notes, as if the camera's on the floating military pod-bots hovering around weren't enough to observe them.