Koda blinked and stared at Declan. He cracked a smile at the dumb laws as if they proved his point, but the smile quickly fell away as he stared in utter confusion. Well, shock more than confusion. Declan was totally a nut. Seriously? another war in America?! He wasn't sure he believed it. The nightmare of words was far from over though.

"I-don'...don't really....." He started part way through declan's second speech and then quickly stopped, not knowing what he was trying to say. he really didn't intend to open this can of worms. He just wanted to say something, anything to Declan and he had muttered something about censorship without thought. Now he was listening to the effects.

Half of the speech went in and out his ears and his face told it. but the time it was over, Koda was completely shell-shocked. Something about the end of that speech was nagging at him, but he brain had seized up for the moment. He opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't, so he slowly reached for his chips again and shoved hand full in his mouth. After a few seconds, he suddenly jumped up.

"I'm going to the bathroom!!" he shouted before running off down the hall.