Susan seemed to have cleared the situation up nicely, so she continued on to the classrooms. Most of the students had seen this all before, but she knew that the new ones would be impressed by the classrooms. It was always nice to see those who had been poor or even middle class drop their jaws at the high-tech learning environments.

"Thanks. It's nice to know I have friends here." Carmen tried to smile warmly at the other girl. "I'm Carmen. First year, earth powers. You?"