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[makeumypet]

Does anyone have The High Priestess on their device? I'm getting worn out by this really insane--

[Amy's NV stops for a moment to broadcast THIS.]

Urgh. Not again... [Amy facepalms] Anyway... is anyone here going to sign up for school in the fall?

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[laceandbrew]

I might be.

What will you be taking?

[makeumypet]

Ah. I haven't seen you around before... [She's surprised, but she welcomes the stranger in her own... stoic... way...?]

I'll be going to the 9th grade.

[laceandbrew]

That isn't surprising - I haven't been around much, to begin with.

[a pause.] Really?

[makeumypet]

Welcome again to Siren's Port, then.

Hm? Is there anything wrong with going to the 9th grade?

[laceandbrew]

[a little twist of her lips]

Thank you.

Nothing at all! I was just surprised - you seem more serious compared to the other 9th graders I remember. Not that it's a bad thing!

[makeumypet]

Ah, really? ... [A moment of thought] You may be right, I suppose. Not many back in my old public school was like me. I was too suspiciously quiet for their liking.

[laceandbrew]

People who don't fit in are always the first ones to be scrutinized.

[she says this uncomfortably. her own record wasn't clean when she remembered how defensive she was when certain characteristics of hers were mentioned.]

Do you like school?

[makeumypet]

... that is true. [Amy nods, sighing a little.]

I do not enjoy it, but I deem it useful. Its usefulness eases the discomfort.