How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"It's like playing the piano; you just have to know which keys to strike in people." (2.10.8)
This is a good analogy from Risa. She knows how to play people like a tune. In fact, she might be better at playing people than she is at playing piano.
Quote #5
Something else drove [Connor] to run to that porch, but whatever the real reason was, Connor's keeping it to himself. (2.12.10)
Risa doesn't have a problem with Connor lying to others for the sake of survival, but when he starts keeping things from her, she sees that a detriment to their ability to survive. Truth is often connected to survival in this text, though in strange ways.