2nd Star

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[Back home, Lyon is a proud Apprentice Queen's Knight serving the Prince of Falena.  In Mayfield, however, she's just another 16 year old girl.  And teenage girls are expected to attend high school during the week, so that's where Lyon is today.  She seems to be settling in well enough, even if she does feel a little awkward wearing a dress and

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Ignore them.

[The kid who had been napping at the table next to Lyon's? He's awake now, thanks to all that yelling.]

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It's not that easy.

[commentboxtroll]

Sure it is.

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I tried at first, but people have been calling me that all day. It's getting hard to just pretend I don't hear them.

[commentboxtroll]

Then get better at tuning them out, because they aren't going to stop.

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I suppose that's all I can do.

[commentboxtroll]

You could always stuff them into lockers instead, but I don't think that would end well.

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That seems like it would just create even more problems.

[commentboxtroll]

It'd make you feel better. [He shrugs.] But like I said, might not end well. I take it that you're new?

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I've been here for about a week. Today is my first day at school.

[commentboxtroll]

Which means you can skip it for the next three. [That's his system, anyway.] It doesn't solve the problem, but at least you can avoid a lot of it.

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That sounds kind of irresponsible...

[commentboxtroll]

Not really. It's exploiting a loophole in their game. Why put up with this stuff when you don't have to?

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I suppose that's one way of looking at it. But it's not really up to me to make that decision.

[commentboxtroll]

Oh? Then who's decision is it?

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It's up to the Prince. I go where he goes.