> Chase said a brief goodbye to Meruin, before walking away. She had lesson plans to make and things to pack for her trip. Meruin looked at the new girl with interest. There was something vaguely off with her, but Meruin couldn't pin down _what_. She shook her head and left it at that. It was a mystery for another time. 
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> Meruin walked towards Tyler, hands wrung behind her back, and stepped towards him slowly. "What are you doing?" she asked, peering at Tyler, then at the book on his hands, then back.

"I'm reading a Master level book on Water Magic." Tyler replied with a glance up at Meruin. " It appears as if it's implanting knowledge directly into my head as I read it, possibly as a bonus for translating it. I now know how to do this." He began forming miniature birds from the moisture around him.