[b]"What about you? You here for the school or the fight?"[/b]

He thought for a second before replying: [color=0076a3]"Neither."[/color]

[color=0076a3]"To be honest, I was kinda iffy about the whole thing before I came, but Noble Arm academies have top notch facilities and good teachers, y'know? Even the second-rate dump we're standing in right now is three times better than the ones back home. As for the fighting..."[/color]

Gloria looked genuinely concerned for the pint-sized gambler. And King had just dropped his ridiculous gangsta impression. Oh my, things were getting serious.
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"Everybody's got something to prove, but everyone here in particular is too eager to prove it. Just 'cos they can summon a weapon out of thin air, people think they're hot shit. I'd rather keep out of it."[/color]

Another pause. He stood from his desk and watched the pandemonium unfold from there.

[color=0076a3]"If things get too heated over there, I'm gonna step in. They should have known better than to gamble with King of all people."[/color] he said, immediately contradicting his earlier statement. But he couldn't help himself. Petty arguments were dumb as hell and needed to be resolved before someone (in this case, literally anyone besides King and Gloria) got hurt.