From what the author reveals, it's very easy to picture the background of the characters depicted within this story. While it's never directly stated, we can gather that the characters come from a rather poor background or are without parents, since there is no mention of family worrying despite their young ages. With Aurora, it is safe to assume that she's not very well off since she also doesn't seem to have a home, unlike the main character who seems to have a place with Curt. This is shown from his memories with her living carelessly in abandoned apartments, and when she first visits him in the story with her hair wet, he says she must have went to a friends or to an empty apartment.
The author is great at letting the reader see how strange the background and life of these characters are. She juxtaposes their mature experiences with innocent thoughts, especially when she begins the story. It goes from talking about weed to mentioning sweet cookies, which hearken back to times of childhood and warm innocence. There is also the mention that Aurora is barely seventeen.
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