"Thanks, Edward! And, yeah, daring," Ascot said, while turning to Odette, and saying:

"I want us to be friends, too. Is that possible?" [i]Resist the urge to flirt![/i]

He would then muse about Edward. A nice, friendly person whose eyes showed the briefest glimpse of a great burden, but who was genuinely optimistic in spite of all that. And quick to accept friendship when it was sincerely given; Ascot was fast falling into unrequited crushing on the guy.

[i]It seems that he is likely to become the centre of the group, at this rate...[/i] He would then blurt out:

"So, anyway, fun facility, isn't it? A truce zone between Heaven and Hell, as well as a student body president who knows when not to be serious, while getting the required information across." A glance at Olette and Kyoko, and the two would see a flash of hurt in Ascot's eyes, a flash of hurt that couldn't be hidden from Edward as well. If the other boy's powers to pierce illusion and deception allowed him to read minds, he would see the Half-Seraphim thinking:

[i]A noble and kind and optimistic soul burdened by a great weight. A magnetic and friendly personality deserving of love and fealty. I want to give him my heart, I want to give him my service! I want to be his knight and his flame and his rose, but alas, biology seperates us in a gulf I should not dare cross![/i]

Turning to Kyoko again, Ascot would smile, and say:

"Indeed, I feel blessed to be in an academy such as this."

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