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[i]"Hey, do you mind if I sit here?"[/i] She said. [i]"There's somebody in the courtyard I wanna avoid if I can."[/i]

Aya didn't bother waiting for an answer, but put her back against the wall and let all the feeling go out of her legs. Not the most gracious of descents, but it left her sitting cross-legged, with her back against the wall. Right next to the quiet white-haired boy who'd been conscientiously avoiding everyone else. Every single corner of every single building seemed to be occupied with someone, desperately trying to ignore everyone else. Aya vaguely wondered if that didn't break some rule of architecture, about not building a house with more corners then people in them. That and the strategy didn't seem to be working, anyway. The only person Aya could see who wasn't getting any play was the Soul absorption player she'd lost to, who was walking around the middle of their little patio, trying to get people's attention as they took one look at her 20500 life points and mysteriously got remarkably interested in the sky, or their own shoes.

[i]"So"[/i] She began, turning to the white-haired youth next to her. [i]"What's your deal?"[/i]