For Maisy, rejection was certainly something she had already considered happening. After all, Lite was...a weenie, to put it nicely. And obviously he'd turn down the girl that had kinda given him some serious PTSD before. But, even so, Maisy wasn't letting him get away so easily. She glanced to the female staff student and took a deep breath, before puffing her chest out and giving her a confident thumbs up, then placing her hands on Lite's shoulders, she said: [color=BC8F8F][b]"So then...your dream's just going to die without you taking a step towards it?"[/b][/color] as she backed off a bit, crossing her arms in front of her chest. [color=BC8F8F][b]"Lite, you didn't come to a school to learn to duel better than anyone else in the world just to sit on your thumbs and waste it all away, right!?[/b][/color] she asked before quickly putting her hands on his shoulders again and shaking him around a bit, no doubt causing him to need more gel later to maintain his doo. 

Once she finished giving him a good rattling, she'd release and give him a chance to recover. [color=BC8F8F][b]"Tell me Lite...what are you so scared of that you're willing to kill a dream for it?"[/b][/color] Maisy started, resting her hands on the table with her elbows touching, hands folded and chin resting atop her netted fingers. [color=BC8F8F][b]"It hurts a lot, I know. Everything just...kinda sucks for you right now. Your friends in the dark dorm are butts, jerks, thieves, and all kinds of words I'd say if a school staff member wasn't here right now."[/b][/color] she added, adjusting her posture to be more relaxed as she flashed Lite a smile. [color=BC8F8F][b]"Duels are supposed to be fun, right? Do you...hate dueling enough to let someone else bully you into quitting? I don't think you do Lite. You smiled when you won your placement. You had a blast. But the only one who can make dueling unfun for you is yourself."[/b][/color] 

Sitting up straight once more, she placed her hands in her lap and kept going. [color=BC8F8F][b]"Personally, I think dueling's the best...even if I'm not so great at it. Just because I've got a long ways to go, doesn't mean that I'm not gonna go the distance, y'know? Just because someone's beating you down Lite, it doesn't mean that you're gonna lose. You're worth a million dark dormies. Just...don't let them beat you. Alright? If not me, duel someone else...anybody. You can go far if you just take a step forward and draw."[/b][/color]

Once she was done talking, Maisy would move to pull a book down from a shelf and flip through it. [color=BC8F8F][b]"Oh and, start doing your homework. I can tutor you if you're bad at math."[/b][/color]