Vera smiled warmly at Silas' reply and slipped her thumb into the palm of his now relaxed hand, relieved and satisfied that she was able to calm him down. Well mostly at least. She could tell that he was still slightly agitated, though the reason for that was made clear to her this time, by his request for her to keep what had just happened a secret. She was rather confused, not finding it to be that big of a deal. People get carried away when they are into something like this all the time, do they not? Regardless, she saw no harm in reassuring him.

"If it means that much to you, then I promise. It'll be our secret."

That was when two other teenagers emerged from some branches, one of them making their presence even more obvious with his open declaration about kicking his roommate out. Vera recognized the boy as the same one who created a scene in the Audience hall earlier that day. [i]Wait, did he just say 'Silas'?[/i]

Vera immediately turned to her companion in shock. "Him? [i]He's[/i] your roommate?!"

Silas, who had apparently figured things out as well, then let go of her and responded to that statement with an insult of his own. It was understandable, of course, though Vera was now clearly frustrated at this unwelcome event, especially when she had just managed to calm Silas down. She turned her attention to the girl, who had muttered a greeting.

"Uh, hey..." she replied her awkwardly.

Taking a better look at the girl, Vera then remembered her as the one with the ice ability at that fountain who froze everything after the Headmaster's 'prank'. What was she doing with him? In fact, why would [i]anyone[/i] hang out with that guy? Sure, Vera was totally judging, but even trying as she was, she just could not come up with anything that made any kind of sense. There was a more pressing matter at hand, however. Were the boys going to scrimmage right there and then? Of course, there was a chance that it was not going to go down like that, but she did not want to wait till she found out.

Vera placed a hand on Silas' shoulder to get his attention, before speaking to him softly. "You can't stay there, Silas. Listen, I don't have a roommate. You can stay in the other room in my dorm until we get this sorted out. It's one solution I can think of, but you need to get out of there, at least for now."

Silas had been really nice to her from the time they had met, and after hearing that he had a roommate like that, she was genuinely concerned for his safety. [i]You're a great guy, Silas. Please, don't do anything stupid...[/i]

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