The girls split off into different directions, leaving Lupe to snoop around the town and find out what the reason was for all the hate they were getting. Because she would’ve stood out, she took to shadows and natural coverings to keep herself from being found. She managed to find a few places where she could hear conversations, but nothing that she needed to hear. That was until she picked up on a few choice words. She somehow managed to find a spot to cover herself behind a group of rich people that seemed to know a lot about this town, so she listened in as good as she could.
“Them weird sciency types do some funky things, donney? (don’t they?)”
“I wish you would speak proper English instead of that vile filth that you hicks believe is a language.”
“Simmer down dog fucker, we all know you’re just as fine as the rest of us. They’re the only outsiders that ever gave us something we need.”
“And made us all rich and comfortable because of it.”
“It’s simple really, we give them a place to stay, they do their science thing, and we reap the benefits. Soon our little town will finally be enough to battle with the capital for economic well-being.”
“An’ too, we keep ‘em other outsiders from fucking it all up.”
“That’s the truth.”
So the general populace was keeping a crazy science experiment under wraps from anyone spying on them in exchange for some enhancements (dog fucker gave her a good idea of what kind of enhancements they meant). A bunch of stereotypical country types out in the middle of no where protecting what they consider to be a gold mine. With this info, she had to meet up with the other girls and find out exactly what was happening, hoping that none of them ended up getting caught up with the townspeople.