Patricia Clarkson credited as playing...
Ms. Traverse
- Ms. Traverse: [Ms. Mackinaw brings Heather into the office] What is this?
- Ms. Mackinaw: Miss Fasulo attacked Miss Wise in the dining hall.
- [Her head twitches]
- Ms. Traverse: Is that so?
- Heather: I didn't...
- [she twitches intentionally]
- Heather: ... attack anyone. I was just trying to defend myself.
- [Ms. Mackinaw looks embarrassed and upset that Heather made fun of her twitch]
- Heather: I'm sorry. I didn't meant to...
- [Ms. Mackinaw twitches again and leaves angrily]
- Ms. Traverse: [Slaps Heather] Now listen: We have a certain way of doing things aroung her and you better figure out what that way is or there are going to be serious consequences.
- Ms. Traverse: We have a certain way of doing things here. And you better find out what that way is or there will be serious consequences.
- Ms. Traverse: A loving mother never abandons her child. To be separated from her is like an amputation. It doesn't matter what a child looks like - if she's smart, if she's stupid, if she has no friends. So why would your mother leave you here?
- Ms. Traverse: You don't know what it's like to be trapped. To be tied to the same place, for hundreds of years. They're here to help you, Heather. Don't be sad. By leaving this world, you're giving others the opportunity to fully enter it.