Doesn't say a word to the new arrival as he walks out of the infirmary. After he leaves he walks into the room Jeran is in.
"What was his story?"
Jeran shrugged. "Some kind of non-voluntary ritual gone wrong left him with an explodey kind of problem. He just ported in from some world I can't remember the name of. I sent him to the office to enroll."
A crash from the general direction of the living room seemed to at least temporarily snap her out of it."I guess we should rescue the house from Sappire and Nova before they break all of your Okaa-sama's things," she said with a wobbly smile.
"If we wait another minute Cait Sidhe should handle them. Just two heavy paws away from pinning them to the floor."
dave looks her in the eyes "how ... How can I do this?"
She sighed. "It was ironic because I am not known for being demonstrative when it comes to emotion. As for the rest...You cannot see it yet, but take it from someone who has crossed that line in the past. You are at the beginning of a path that goes places you don't yet believe yourself capable of. If you continue to ignore your emotional problems you will find yourself traveling down that path. If you travel down that path you will either end up embracing it and becoming a villain in truth or you will end up realizing your errors after you have done something unforgivable. The sort of thing you can never fully atone for. That is what I was saying. Do try to pay more attention. This is your best chance to correct your course and become the person you wish to be. Don't waste it, Mr. De'Foul."
"You are going to have to do something more difficult than any quest you will ever undertake. You are going to have to engage in contemplation, self-reflection, and most difficult of all, you are going to have to address your own emotions. Not bury them, but feel them. Face your own pain and deal with it. You will have to come to terms with things like helplessness and failure and rise above them. Not by yourself. You will have help. But you cannot run away from this if you want to be more than you are now. Everyone looks at the flashy deeds, but this...mastering yourself...this is what makes the difference between a villain and a hero, Mr. De'Foul."
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"Okay," she said with her cheerful smile. Asha and Pyry both got some food, Asha's tray piled as high as she could manage and still carry it without dropping things."This place is amazing. They don't even care how much food I take. I still can't quite get over that."
"I know! It used to take me killing one of the bugs things to have this much, and they weren't as tasty as this food."
"If we wait another minute Cait Sidhe should handle them. Just two heavy paws away from pinning them to the floor."
A crash from the general direction of the living room seemed to at least temporarily snap her out of it."I guess we should rescue the house from Sappire and Nova before they break all of your Okaa-sama's things," she said with a wobbly smile.
She giggled. "They'll both be sulking for hours over that no doubt."
"I'm surprised nobody else is chasing them...it's not that early, is it?"
Dave looks like he bit into something disgusting at the statement of feeling helpless before he gives a sardonic grin"and here I thought that a hero helped people, saves the world and whatnot while the villain was the one threatening it, boy was I wrong" before he chuckles self deprecatingly before continuing on "and how am supposed to 'rise above' this crap"
"I know! It used to take me killing one of the bugs things to have this much, and they weren't as tasty as this food."
"Okay," she said with her cheerful smile. Asha and Pyry both got some food, Asha's tray piled as high as she could manage and still carry it without dropping things."This place is amazing. They don't even care how much food I take. I still can't quite get over that."
"I can't imagine bugs tasting very good, no," she agreed as they joined Sil at the table he was sitting at.
"Umm...hi," she said with a cheerful smile to the other people sitting at the table. "I hope you don't mind. He invited us to come and sit here," she said, nodding towards Sil.
Fei raises his hand slightly, just above the 'cover' of Vai's wing, realizing where this conversation will go if he does not clarify things rather quickly.
"Vai..."
His raised hand now being the only thing readily visible behind Vai's wing, he tries to politely interject again before things escalate even further.
"Excuse me...If I..."
[Blink, Blink]
"Um.............." (=o_O=)
While the young monk has been educated in the arts of diplomacy, he is now having....a moment of difficulty...trying to remember when (if ever) he received any instruction on how to 'diffuse' a situation specifically like this. Knowing that silence would most likely not be an option here, he tries to reply in a way that will still respect Vai's privacy in these matters.
"I....am afraid that even just seeing such a spectacle would...damage...my calm, just as surely as being a participant in it. And then damage everyone and everything around me."
Rena's face fell slightly at that, troubled by Fei's plight. "Oh... I see."
Suddenly seeming to realize something, Rena glances upwards at the ceiling, looking worried. "Oops! I... um... I have to go. Sorry! Find me if you find a way to take me up on my ideas! It would be alot of fun!" Rena says cheerfully, waving at the pair she had propositioned as she hurries off to line up. She at least had to bring Bradley some breakfast, as she promised.
Dave looks like he bit into something disgusting at the statement of feeling helpless before he gives a sardonic grin"and here I thought that a hero helped people, saves the world and whatnot while the villain was the one threatening it, boy was I wrong" before he chuckles self deprecatingly before continuing on "and how am supposed to 'rise above' this crap"
"Saving the world, helpng people, all that requires compassion. Compassion comes from understanding. An understanding that comes from confronting one's own weakness. And you will learn to rise above this 'crap' through the things you hate doing the most. Meditation and therapy. Since I already know that you are going to be a difficult patient, I also expect you to check in with me at least three times a week. Those sessions will be difficult. Rather like the one we had to help you close off your thrall powers. But you are the sort that needs to be shown a mirror now and then in order to gain self-awareness."
She giggled. "They'll both be sulking for hours over that no doubt.""I'm surprised nobody else is chasing them...it's not that early, is it?"
"Just a bit... We could sneak out to, uh.. swim in the lake?"
Vai visibly relaxes when Rena leaves, letting the air she had held in escape in a small sigh. "I'm sorry for getting jealous." she preempts Fei, turning to him, her head down slightly. Her pulse is still slightly elevated from the emotionally charged scene, and her pupils are dilated still as well, adrenaline still coursing.
"Be my guest...Tyrrin isn't here to scold me and you know how much I hate those things," she grinned.
Ehos grinned at Jaiye as he began to dig into the small dish of veggies, glancing up only when a new pair sat down across from him. A cute blonde and a dark haired boy. A glance at their plates told him that the girl at least was a firebird. Ugh. Firebirds. He should at least be polite.
'Hey. No problem.' he replies, pulling up the datapad so the newcomers could read his text. 'I'm Ehos, and this is Jaiye.' he displays, setting a hand on Jaiye's own.
"Just a bit... We could sneak out to, uh.. swim in the lake?"
She giggled. "They'll both be sulking for hours over that no doubt.""I'm surprised nobody else is chasing them...it's not that early, is it?"
"Because there's nothing like nearly freezing to death to start your morning?" she teased. "Maybe we could...bring back some wildflowers as an apology for the mess?"
"Because there's nothing like nearly freezing to death to start your morning?" she teased. "Maybe we could...bring back some wildflowers as an apology for the mess?""Just a bit... We could sneak out to, uh.. swim in the lake?"
She giggled. "They'll both be sulking for hours over that no doubt.""I'm surprised nobody else is chasing them...it's not that early, is it?"
"It's not gonna be that b-" Light flashes out in the hall. "so.. Yeah, let's go. Window sound nice?"
"Be my guest...Tyrrin isn't here to scold me and you know how much I hate those things," she grinned.Ehos grinned at Jaiye as he began to dig into the small dish of veggies, glancing up only when a new pair sat down across from him. A cute blonde and a dark haired boy. A glance at their plates told him that the girl at least was a firebird. Ugh. Firebirds. He should at least be polite.
'Hey. No problem.' he replies, pulling up the datapad so the newcomers could read his text. 'I'm Ehos, and this is Jaiye.' he displays, setting a hand on Jaiye's own.
"I'm Asha and this is my brother Pyry," she said, trying not to display any nervousness. She dug into the pile of burnt food in front of her, stuffing too much into her mouth at once to try and cover for not knowing what to say.
"It's not gonna be that b-" Light flashes out in the hall. "so.. Yeah, let's go. Window sound nice?""Because there's nothing like nearly freezing to death to start your morning?" she teased. "Maybe we could...bring back some wildflowers as an apology for the mess?"
"Just a bit... We could sneak out to, uh.. swim in the lake?"
"Sounds good to me," she agreed, preferring a hasty retreat to a lecture any day.
She followed him to the window and they both climbed out, hopefully before anyone thought to check on them.
He stays silent as Melody speaks to him.
The ice is still moving out, but it takes a small break on the speed it has.
She pulls his head up and he averts his eyes, not wanting to look her in in the eyes.
"I'm sorry Mel..."
Is all he says.
He doesn't look at her, but he doesn't put his head back in either, so progress...
Mel tries to get him to look her in the eyes.
Do you love him?
"Oh, I know exactly what angered him. The destruction of his Grove. He called them his children. The trees of the grove, I mean. He was imprisoned when it was destroyed. He got his revenge on the people that did it, through me. But he's still imprisoned, his grove is still gone, and whenever I lose my temper he takes over my body and destroys stuff. Not really sure how to fix it yet. Though I was going to speak to Professor Agave about the possibility of creating a new grove on the school grounds. I'm not actually sure how to do that either, but one problem at a time....and I must say, you're going to have to work on your bedside manner as it were. You're a bit off-putting when you get all wrapped up in the scholarly aspect of a problem like that. I still have feelings you know...for that matter so does Kryshyykilli'vkk."
Tyrrin winced slightly at the rebuke. She had been trying to work on that, it was just so much easier to slip into 'research mode' when trying to fix a problem. "Sorry." she replies sincerely. "It's something I'm trying to work on."
"What about... reincarnating the spirits of his Grove into new bodies?" Tyrrin suggested, trying to be a little more empathic in her manner, but just ending up sounding a little awkward.
Morrivan smiled. It was a tired smile, but nevertheless a huge improvement.
"You should see the look on your face right now," she said hoarsely. "It's just chocolate. Raelle absolutely loves the stuff. Personally I think it's a great excuse to eat half melted marshmallows," she added holding up her mug of marshmallows with a little hot chocolate.
At Morrivan's teasing, Ardiente puffs himself up slightly. If Raelle loved the stuff, then he could at least give it a try.
Ardiente brings the boiling hot mug up to his lips and gently, tentatively, takes a sip. He immedaitely makes a face. "Ack... too sweet." he says, setting the cup down and smacking his lips. It really was way too sweet and too rich.
Salis steps back from the conversation. Turning to his deck he starts writing within his note book. After a few lines he picks the book up and turns back to the girls. Nodding he starts writing more in the book. It doesn't take him long to slow his writing speed down.
"If their is a way to get me here I'm sure there is a way to the spirit world. I may be able to come up with a variant to a summoners call. They could summon spirits. It would takes some time and I would need the help of an experienced caster to cast the spell. Hopefully the words of power are the same here as they are in my multiverse. If not I will just have to do a little research." Salis rambled on loud enough for Ori and Tyrrin to hear and understand but not loud enough to think he was speaking directly to them.
There are already several sets of footprints around the lake. Separating out which ones belong to Ginni is going to be a very difficult task indeed.
Repp frowns. Maybe she had to use the washroom or something. This was very worrisome. Ginni wasn't exactly the type to just wander off. At least the arrows could help him find her.
Repp hurries back up into the school cafeteria and places a hand on the wall, calling forth the arrows to locate Ginni.
"I'm Asha and this is my brother Pyry," she said, trying not to display any nervousness. She dug into the pile of burnt food in front of her, stuffing too much into her mouth at once to try and cover for not knowing what to say.
'Nice to meet you.' Ehos displays, trying to be genial. He really didn't like Firebirds. 'Are you with all the new Firebirds coming to the school then?'
Dave throws her a small glare at her tirade, but there's no real heat in it, "meditations useless though, it's just sitting and doing nothing, I've tried it, it's useless, and therapy's just talk, how's that supposed to help anything?!?"
Vai visibly relaxes when Rena leaves, letting the air she had held in escape in a small sigh. "I'm sorry for getting jealous." she preempts Fei, turning to him, her head down slightly. Her pulse is still slightly elevated from the emotionally charged scene, and her pupils are dilated still as well, adrenaline still coursing.
Fei takes a steadying breath, bowing quickly to Rena as she hastily departs. The faint 'hum' in the floor fades away, and the light levels dim back to normal.
Aananda:
"It is alright, Vai. I am sorry that upset you. But please do not be too angry with Rena - she genuinely did not mean any harm or insult to either of us. I could see it in her face when I explained to her why she could not touch me because of our relationship and my condition."
I can only guess that she comes from a very 'open' culture. Or perhaps she is a Sensate. I am...unsure, to be honest. And I hope it does not get her into undue trouble here..."
Firebirds -- Newly Arrivals
Having walked along in their prospective 'positions' with Sorchan Del Sol, for the most part, only Sven Brightedge was the most curious, asking various questions beyond ownership (i.e. status of who was who in Avalon) and administrative structure behind the school.
Clearly Sven was concern with ranks, or titles. He walked with a military manner, crisp and clean, keeping his palm rested on his sheathed weapon, with the other hand typically bent and behind his back.
Ulna Terrianos
Mostly walking along and occasionally pausing to look at whatever fancy or impressive, she alternates between startled and quickly recovering to catch up, wide-eyed and amazed at the non-Firebird common scenery and beings. Anything utterly inhuman looking gets a stare, depending on the degree of off humanoid, or avian, to a double take.
Tall, Thin Guy
This clearly haughty fellow doesn't seem to do much beyond follow along, head held high, doing his level best to ignore any non-Firebird, blinders fully and willingly in place. He skillfully skirts walking close to anyone else, while still maintaining his stance of 'airs'.
Ash Haired Guy
Walking in the back, silent, each step meticulous and measured, this youth is as quiet as he was when he first walked up, having said and made no noise yet. Anyone looking his way would realize that he doesn't really look around either, just fixates on one thing or direction and moves towards it if walking, or stares if not. He has an air of calmness and indifference, it might even get creepy if dwelt on too long. Doesn't give off any impression of being a Firebird at all.
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"I'm Asha and this is my brother Pyry," she said, trying not to display any nervousness. She dug into the pile of burnt food in front of her, stuffing too much into her mouth at once to try and cover for not knowing what to say.'Nice to meet you.' Ehos displays, trying to be genial. He really didn't like Firebirds. 'Are you with all the new Firebirds coming to the school then?'
"No. Well, Im not. I think Asha is, but she came here earlier than them. I came here a few days ago when a group found me on my mountain." He breaks the ice in his cup to drink the tea he'd gotten and smiled. "This is pretty good! Asha, you should try some, only get it hot."
Tyrrin winced slightly at the rebuke. She had been trying to work on that, it was just so much easier to slip into 'research mode' when trying to fix a problem. "Sorry." she replies sincerely. "It's something I'm trying to work on.""What about... reincarnating the spirits of his Grove into new bodies?" Tyrrin suggested, trying to be a little more empathic in her manner, but just ending up sounding a little awkward.
"That might work. I'm not sure. I'd have to talk to Kryshyykilli'vkk to know for sure. I am pretty certain that he knows how to rebuild his grove, but we don't have the easiest time communicating with each other. Just because we're connected doesn't mean we can easily talk."
Salis steps back from the conversation. Turning to his deck he starts writing within his note book. After a few lines he picks the book up and turns back to the girls. Nodding he starts writing more in the book. It doesn't take him long to slow his writing speed down.
"If their is a way to get me here I'm sure there is a way to the spirit world. I may be able to come up with a variant to a summoners call. They could summon spirits. It would takes some time and I would need the help of an experienced caster to cast the spell. Hopefully the words of power are the same here as they are in my multiverse. If not I will just have to do a little research." Salis rambled on loud enough for Ori and Tyrrin to hear and understand but not loud enough to think he was speaking directly to them.
"That is a very good idea. If you can find a way to talk to him, then we might be able to find out what needs to be done in order to free him from that cage. I think that once he's out of that, then it will be easier for he and I to communicate...maybe that will result in less rampaging. I hope."
Morrivan smiled. It was a tired smile, but nevertheless a huge improvement.
"You should see the look on your face right now," she said hoarsely. "It's just chocolate. Raelle absolutely loves the stuff. Personally I think it's a great excuse to eat half melted marshmallows," she added holding up her mug of marshmallows with a little hot chocolate.
At Morrivan's teasing, Ardiente puffs himself up slightly. If Raelle loved the stuff, then he could at least give it a try.
Ardiente brings the boiling hot mug up to his lips and gently, tentatively, takes a sip. He immedaitely makes a face. "Ack... too sweet." he says, setting the cup down and smacking his lips. It really was way too sweet and too rich.
Morrivan and Raelle both laughed.
Raelle took a long drink of her hot chocolate. "I can't believe you don't like it," she teased. "The oils, the warmth, the burnt sugar...it's nearly irresistable."
There are already several sets of footprints around the lake. Separating out which ones belong to Ginni is going to be a very difficult task indeed.Repp frowns. Maybe she had to use the washroom or something. This was very worrisome. Ginni wasn't exactly the type to just wander off. At least the arrows could help him find her.
Repp hurries back up into the school cafeteria and places a hand on the wall, calling forth the arrows to locate Ginni.
The arrow spins in place. Wherever Ginni is, she's not inside the building.
"No. Well, Im not. I think Asha is, but she came here earlier than them. I came here a few days ago when a group found me on my mountain." He breaks the ice in his cup to drink the tea he'd gotten and smiled. "This is pretty good! Asha, you should try some, only get it hot.""I'm Asha and this is my brother Pyry," she said, trying not to display any nervousness. She dug into the pile of burnt food in front of her, stuffing too much into her mouth at once to try and cover for not knowing what to say.'Nice to meet you.' Ehos displays, trying to be genial. He really didn't like Firebirds. 'Are you with all the new Firebirds coming to the school then?'
Asha looks alarmed at Ehos's question and then tries to respond to both questions, but she's stuffed her mouth so full that all that comes out is, "Mmmph!" Her cheeks are puffed out like a chipmunk and she can't seem to either chew or swallow her food. She doesn't quite know how to get out of this particular dilemma.
Dave throws her a small glare at her tirade, but there's no real heat in it, "meditations useless though, it's just sitting and doing nothing, I've tried it, it's useless, and therapy's just talk, how's that supposed to help anything?!?"
"It's only useless if you aren't putting in the necessary work to deal with your problems. But since your first problem is recognizing what your problems are, I think that you will have your first session with me this afternoon, after classes. I will help you identify your problems and you can then use meditation and therapy to help solve them."
"And sometimes sitting and doing nothing is the most difficult task in the universe."
Alev fell back to walk with the quiet guy.
"Hey," he said, trying to get some spark of reaction. This guy was seriously starting to weird him out.
Ash Haired Guy
Provided that Alev doesn't get within arm's reach, the youth nods a greeting in return, at the very least demonstrating politeness. There is the briefest of a glance with both eyes.
His arms slide quietly from where they were behind his back, as he seems to prepare for ...well, anything, it appears.
"Thanks, Vare! I would really appreciate it!"
Iolth whistles as Kaetar manifests beside Iolth. Teasingly, she says "Hope you haven't destroyed anything yet!" Giving Iolth a quick peck on the cheek, the empyreal deck turns to Vare. "Nice to meet you, Vare. My charge-who is also my boyfriend-as he already told you, is like a Delayed Fireball-it's only a matter of time before he explodes, and when he explodes, Iolth has a tendency to explode very impressively."
As she says that last part, Kaetar has a slight worried tone to her voice.
"Anyways," Kaetar continues, "Do you have any teaching spots open? I could teach Advanced Planar Theory and Advanced Outsiders, if you have those spots open. I'm older than I appear." Kaetar chuckles.
"My name's Alev. What's yours?" he asked, not sure if getting a reaction from this guy made him feel better or worse. But he never was the sort that could just leave well enough alone.
Ash Haired Guy
Alev gets the briefest of a bow and nod, and in a voice just above a whisper, the response is, "Guardsman Alev. Parren. Houseless. Greeting."
He continues the walking along, as before, each step seemingly with meaning and purposeful. Given the outfit on Parren, there is very little that one can gauge of him without much scrutiny, save; dark, silent and succinct.
Dave throws her a small glare at her tirade, but there's no real heat in it, "meditations useless though, it's just sitting and doing nothing, I've tried it, it's useless, and therapy's just talk, how's that supposed to help anything?!?""It's only useless if you aren't putting in the necessary work to deal with your problems. But since your first problem is recognizing what your problems are, I think that you will have your first session with me this afternoon, after classes. I will help you identify your problems and you can then use meditation and therapy to help solve them."
"And sometimes sitting and doing nothing is the most difficult task in the universe."
"difficult task? Nessairy work? It's literally doing nothing, I could just sleep through the class, how is that possibly going to help" he growls out before closing his eyes and exhaling frost giving deep breaths as some of the tension is released, from observing him do such twice now, combined with the incite gained from literally being in his mind recently, you can rather easily tell that he has had some instruction in meditation but his technique is hurried and sloppy.
"difficult task? Nessairy work? It's literally doing nothing, I could just sleep through the class, how is that possibly going to help" he growls out before closing his eyes and exhaling frost giving deep breaths as some of the tension is released, from observing him do such twice now, combined with the incite gained from literally being in his mind recently, you can rather easily tell that he has had some instruction in meditation but his technique is hurried and sloppy.
"When you make a mistake repairing your ship, do you blame the tools?" she retorted. "Just because you haven't learned to do it properly doesn't make it useless. You're going to have to try harder, Mr. De'Foul."
"Now, do you think you can handle going to class, or should I leave you here through first period so you can get a headstart on learning meditation?"
"Tyrrin may not be here to scold you, but your big bro is. Eat your veggies Jai" Sil growls a bit playfully at his sister.
"Tyrrin may not be here to scold you, but your big bro is. Eat your veggies Jai" Sil growls a bit playfully at his sister.
"Sorry, already gave them away," she said, sticking out her tongue at her brother. "Don't like 'em, can't make me eat 'em."
"Uh, yeah, greeting. So, Parren, you uh looking forward to school? Any idea what you want to study? I'm still not sure, myself. I didn't want to think about it too much before we actually got here cause I wasn't sure we'd make it. Heh," he laughs nervously at the end. Alev doesn't seem to know what to do with silence, and any time at all around Elektra and Etain will show that it's not something he's particularly accustomed to.
Parren, Ash Haired
Parren continues walking along, without really changing his body's direction, hands eventually returning to his back, holding wrists again as before.
"Yes. No. Interesting. Now, still?"
Most likely, not the best at social skills, but appears to respond.
His voice is even, no deviation of volume or what not.
Dave glares at her before he closes his eyes, calming himself saying "no, I'm fine, I find my mind is usually in better a state when I'm actually able to do something, be productive and all that" he says, depression seemingly forgotten.
Dave glares at her before he closes his eyes, calming himself saying "no, I'm fine, I find my mind is usually in better a state when I'm actually able to do something, be productive and all that" he says, depression seemingly forgotten.
"Good. I will see you after classes this afternoon, then. You should hurry or you will be late to class."
With that she turned and walked away, her shoes making that same clicking noise on the floor as she left as they had when she arrived.
"Uh...right...yeah...sorry to disturb you," he said, relieved for the excuse to get away. The guy gave him the creeps more the more he talked to him. Or not talked, as the case may be.
Parren, Ash Haired
The same familiar bow and nod, as Alev bid his farewell. Parren did little in his manner to suggest he had more to share, but, just prior to the departure, he states, "Not an issue. Understood. Farewell."
It might not have registered given angle of sight and such, with Parren in the back, but his eyes were mostly the only part of him that moved.
He continues walking in the back, hands returning to the position behind him as before after Alev walks away.
Serrin glowers at Etain, overhearing the fool gush at the Svarog girls. "What the hells? I'm at least as good looking as they are. Just cuz I have a funky hair color, and I'm paler than they are, they get all attention?"
With that, she lashes out with her whip, coiling it around his ankle. A swift tug later, and he's flat on his face.
Lily walks along near to the front of the group, not having much care for the antics of the ruffians and other sorts that she seems to have fallen in with. Perhaps coming to this school was indeed a mistake. Such nonsense the others spouted... and the three Guardsmen of the del Sols? Abandoning their commitments, despicable. She hoped that the elder del Sols brought them in line quickly. It would be easy, with the Oaths they had sworn.
The school itself was certainly nothing to write home about. Stone walls and floors, barely any traces of any proper art or decor. It was all very... provincial.
Lily's haughty, disinterested expression remains firmly intact during the walk to wherever the del Sol heir was leading them. Her opinion of him was certainly in tatters.
"It is alright, Vai. I am sorry that upset you. But please do not be too angry with Rena - she genuinely did not mean any harm or insult to either of us. I could see it in her face when I explained to her why she could not touch me because of our relationship and my condition."
I can only guess that she comes from a very 'open' culture. Or perhaps she is a Sensate. I am...unsure, to be honest. And I hope it does not get her into undue trouble here..."
Vai nods, and takes a deep breath, calming herself. Slowly, her peace returns, and she looks up to him and smiles. "I'm not angry anymore. I think I'm getting a bit better at controlling it. Maybe" she smiles a little wider and cocks her head slightly to the side. Her laden tray of food is still held on one hand, thankfully undamaged by the brief tiff.
"I... dunno. She was some kind of giant snake creature yesterday. Maybe her whole species is different? What is a Sensate?" Vai asks curiously, motioning to an empty table so she could devour her plates before class started.