Ssarak Dyreackthanose

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Considering the stress of the mission before, the past few days had been mercifully uneventful around the college as a whole. Though, for Ssarak, it felt like the beginning of a new part of his life. Spending time with Meirin as a couple, outside of the dangers of a mission, was surprisingly a whole new experience for him. In his home village, he had been told from a young age who he was going to marry. It was a sensible practice for small villages which needed to avoid inbreeding, but he could not have imagined what it would be like to be with someone with which he had a true, personal connection. His former wife was certainly not a bad person, and had they not been arranged to marry, they likely would have still been friends, but his relationship with her seemed nothing like this. Granted, Ssarak had to try and avoid getting ahead of himself. It had only really been a few days, and anything could still happen. His impression so far made it seem like it was meant to be, but he had to keep in mind some possibility for failure. He was Esyire, while she was Human, and one with a unique upbringing. As they spent more time together, they were going to run into ways they were different beyond the obvious ones, in terms of their behaviors and expectations; he just hoped they were not so different as to be incompatible. 

As for the current day, it was the day of the opening feast for this year's new arrivals. As such, classes were cancelled for the day as the teachers prepared for their presentations. Hopefully, Khan had learned from last year's debacle and would keep a tighter hold over the staff's behavior. From what he had gathered, student retention from the previous year had been exceptionally poor between the scarring opening ceremony, and the demon attack. For Ssarak, though, his day began the same as any other: with his morning exercises. He met with Meirin in the gym, which was notably less populated than usual, and started as normal with stretches. Last time, Meirin had mentioned showing him some of the exercises she performed, to which he had agreed, so he expected his routine would be somewhat different today.