Seven paced in front of the classroom for Afterlife Studies. Rather, she hovered in slow, ambling circles as in her ghostform she did not require her intangible feet to provide her traction
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Vanya had been working on some lesson plans when Seven finally got the courage to knock. Even though these were officially her office hours, it was remarkably quiet. Could it be she had scared them too much with her speech at her first lesson?
She was aware of Seven's presence long before the girl knocked on the door. After all, how could she not be? But Vanya decided to do nothing with it, ignore it until Seven had made up her mind. She would not get up and leave the class to ask Seven if she needed help with something.
"I've been waiting for you to get enough courage and knock," the new professor said in response to the knock. "I see you finally found that courage. Come in."
The door was opened, but the girl standing there was taken slightly aback. Hidden as she had been she did not realize that Vanya's powers would allow her to see her while in her spectral form. She had grown accustomed to being unseen, unnoticed, and for her ghostly visage not to deceive someone left her momentarily speechless
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Deep blue eyes watched her, observed her, even silently judged her. Behind it was a mind that tried to break through the motionless mask, to see what lay behind it and to find out what Seven was really feeling or thinking. Vanya did not know this girl very well. Seven was quiet, both vocally and mentally. She was like a small blip on the radar on a quiet day where others were more like tornadoes and hurricanes, wild and uncontrollable.
Although they had hardly ever spoken to each other before, Vanya would almost say she liked Seven, just because of that. Almost...
"I have been told that office hours are to answer questions from students," she replied. "What is it that you want to know?"
"I wanted to inquire on the nature of the Afterlife when it pertains to atypical beings," came the calm reply. But the question was a complicated one, easily enough for an entire thesis, and she carefully arranged the thoughts in her mind before proceeding.
"If a being was never truly 'born', is it technically 'alive'? And if so, how would the rules concerning the afterlife affect such creatures?" This first question was almost rhetorical, other than needing to determine if something was first alive before commenting on the after-life. "In short, I wanted to better understand what would happen to a physical entity when the magic holding it together, this semblance of life, were to fail."
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She was aware of Seven's presence long before the girl knocked on the door. After all, how could she not be? But Vanya decided to do nothing with it, ignore it until Seven had made up her mind. She would not get up and leave the class to ask Seven if she needed help with something.
"I've been waiting for you to get enough courage and knock," the new professor said in response to the knock. "I see you finally found that courage. Come in."
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Although they had hardly ever spoken to each other before, Vanya would almost say she liked Seven, just because of that. Almost...
"I have been told that office hours are to answer questions from students," she replied. "What is it that you want to know?"
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"If a being was never truly 'born', is it technically 'alive'? And if so, how would the rules concerning the afterlife affect such creatures?" This first question was almost rhetorical, other than needing to determine if something was first alive before commenting on the after-life. "In short, I wanted to better understand what would happen to a physical entity when the magic holding it together, this semblance of life, were to fail."
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