Printing, reactions, thoughts
The presses ran furiously through the night. Mishor had a pre-prepared draft of a letter since before the term began. Once DeMyur was taken care of he went over it a final time, adjusting the typeset himself before handing it off to the printers.
"A copy to every household as fast as we can manage and print a score extra." He instructed. "We need them to go out as soon as possible, even if the riders are leaving at midnight. No time to lose with news like this. We have to be ahead of any rumors that might even think of starting."
The others did not return to the room after breakfast, or lunch for that matter. Kem left to get more food, the girl was a bottomless pit. Sray barely ate anything for breakfast, managing to choke down a muffin. Nothing sounded appealing at all. She couldn't eat with all the worry and stress she was holding. With the room empty again she laid on her bed and stared at the ceiling. Bodies moved through the hall until just the two flanking the door remained.
Kem returned with another laden plate and Silfiya DeTowr was right behind her.
"How are you doing, Sray?" Silfiya asked.
"Wishing last night was a bad dream." Sray replied. "What is it like out there?"
"Well, you can imagine everyone is talking about last night." Silfiya replied. "Reactions vary, of course. I think you'll be surprised how many are more like Kem here."
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"You could come out and see." Kem offered.
"No." Sray said emphatically, "Let them have the day to get whatever they're going to say out. I don't need to be a target. They have nothing else to do today but think and talk about last night."
Dinner time came and went. There was still food on the plate from lunch and Sray managed to convince Kem to not bring anything back with her. Kem was first back in the room. Sray was already in bed, her back to the door. She wanted the say over, but at the same time didn't. Tomorrow meant classes and she really didn't want to be around anyone at all. She wanted to crawl into a hole and pretend she didn't exist. If she could magically make the week pass and be heading home tomorrow instead she would.
Everyone knows, what a disaster. They all found out because some man discovered she was half Klamon and felt threatened by it. Threatened by her.
She could see a regular Human feeling threatened by a Klamon, but a Meim? Their constructs could block and absorb energy. Simply making a wall would negate anything she could do. She could barely make a sphere without taking hours and draining all her energy, what did they really have to fear from her?