[B]Gratia Mindaro - VGNB Dorms[/B]

Gratia scratched down another few sentences in her notebook. The strange strands of hair then were utterly "natural" in their formation. That would make the experiment far simpler; in her subject's confirmation of what she had been suspecting, a number of other variables had been taken out of the equation. All that was left was Luke Schwarz himself and anything that would stimulate his ahoge into movement, and she was determined to discover what it was (and confirm her original hypothesis). It had visibly slumped only seconds earlier in accordance with his sudden deflation, and it had once again jumped in response to her newest teammate's words.

Beryl Harken's presence seemed beneficial to her testing.

"[color=66cd00]Embarrassment also appears to be a stimulus,[/color]" she stated, her flat tone still unchanging as she allowed her gaze to observe every aspect of Luke's face.

Was there a correlation between how deeply her subject felt and how wild the ahoge would be? The solemn Mistralese girl jotted down the questions in her notebook. Emotions were not something that could be easily measured. The data that she would obtain could only be qualitative, not quantitative. Another member of the teeming mass that was humanity would always think differently from her, and perceive her observations in a manner that she would disagree with.

"[color=66cd00]How high is your pain tolerance?[/color]"