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 revealcabout the social enviroment they live in

The children seem to take the burnings in a rather matter of fact way..... they don't seem shocked. I would expect their reactions to be far more intense, but from their demeanors we can infer that these burnings aren't rare occurrences.

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