Sebastian nodded. The key to getting Grace to be able to control her powers was first to find out what was making her lose control in the first place. Grace and her father had told them that the point where she began to fear her own power was when she accidentally killed her sister. That was not going to be an easy subject to discuss, but he was determined to help her. He could only imagine the guilt she felt, and how afraid she was that it would happen again. 

[i]Hopefully it won't happen to me,[/i] he said, feeling a twinge of fear, but then letting it go. 

"Okay. Thank you for the advice, Melissa. I think I'm going to go back to my room. In the morning I'll go and talk to Grace again." He stood up and, saying good night once more, left the room and just wandered around the halls for a while, thinking about Grace and how he was going to help her. He played over a mental conversation in his head a thousand times, with all of their consequences playing out in his head. He finally went back up to his room and stayed there for a while, laying back on his bed, unable to sleep. 

When he had trouble sleeping, Sebastian liked to go up to the roof so that he could think in peace. Closing his eyes, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke and reappeared sitting on the ledge of the roof as he had been before. Taking a deep breath, Sebastian looked up at the stars and sighed contentedly. He liked being alone. There was something about going somewhere to be alone with his thoughts that relaxed him, probably since he'd grown up more or less his whole life on his own. Not that he didn't like to be around other people, but he always felt more comfortable just by himself.

After a while, Sebastian looked down over the grounds, at the yard that was now much more empty than it had been earlier in the day. Most of the students were now asleep or otherwise in their rooms, so he didn't expect to see anyone. However, he could see the shape of a girl walking alone in the yard. Curious, he tried to get a better look at who it was, only to find that it was none other than Grace. 

It was pretty late for her to be going for a walk. He debated going down there for a few minutes, since all he'd done was invade her privacy since the moment he met her. Then he had an idea. He could pretend that he was in the yard the whole time, and that it was just a coincidence! Sure, it wasn't entirely honest, but it would seem less creepy for her. Maybe it was more creepy that he was thinking so hard about this. 

Sebastian shook his head forcefully. This was stupid. He was overthinking this whole thing. Without another thought, he teleported down to the yard, in one of the benches by the large memorial fountain, which was now brightly lit. He sat back in the bench, now thinking this was a pretty good spot to come and relax now too. He looked to the left and noticed the Grace was coming up one of the paths and feigned surprise. 

"Grace?" he asked. "Is that you? Well, this is weird. What're you doing out here?"