How do Cassie and her brothers react to the news of the Berry's being burned? Is their reaction as intense as you might expect? What does this reveal about the social they live in?

The children are alarmed, but they know their mother has been to the Berry home. They are also taken back by the way T.J. talks about their mother.... they don't have time to do much else. Their reactions are not quite as intense as one would expect, but that is a testament to the time in which they live..... a time when, unfortunately, things like this happened often.