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Duncan shrugged. [color=6795ea]"If I hadn't have seen that hoofprint, I might be with you. I won't pretend it's not annoying being allowed to do nothing to help, and to be shut away and hand-held like toddlers. But...I've got to be honest with you, I'm absolutely terrified.I don't want any of what that thing was. I just hope they start teaching us to be Dawnslayers soon, and the threat goes away so we can be treated like the future badasses we're going to become."[/color]

When they got to the dorms, there wasn't any question which bed was Duncan's. while the rest were bunks not dissimilar to what you're see in a youth hostel, at the edge of the room was a large mat on the floor, with an ordinary sheet in the middle of it. This was a centaur's bed. The horse half sleeps nude, but the human half still needs a sheet. He grabbed his luggage and went over to it, before starting to unpack.

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Mako didn't respond to any of Lilac's musings, which may have been worrying, but she was clearly listening, and clearly interested. The teacher was thinking; 'The world would be a more peaceful place if more people were like this girl. More peaceful because there'd me more murders. 'Cause of death: naivety'. Those damn white witches and their 'balance' and 'natural law of the world'. As far as Mako was concerned, order wasn't balance. The 'natural law of the world' and the 'law of the natural world' were two very different sets of rules to describe the same fundamental things. Whilst one celebrated the circle of life and all things being in a harmonious cycle, helping the others to live, the other proclaimed that to live is to be the fittest, better at killing or running than others of your species. If a lion's chasing two rabbits, they survive by being faster than the other one. If two dogs are fighting over a female, the female will be mated by the one with the sharper fangs. Neither law was wrong. One was merely white, and the other was dark. One rosy, one cynical.

Mako smiled down at Lilac when the young faun thanked her, and asked if Mako could accompany her to the forest. Mako shook her head.

[color=d1aaf7]"I will able to escort you to the gardens, but not the forest. The murder took place in the forest, you know. As powerful I am, there are more powerful beings out there, and until we know what we're up against, we shall stick to the rules. The gardens, however, are close enough to the school to be safe, with an escort."[/color]

The group arrived at the dorms shortly after, and Mako approached Circe. Her usually perpetually closed eyes opened, revealing piercing, harsh gold eyes, sparkling with intelligence. [color=d1aaf7]"I'm glad to see you safe, miss. It's dangerous to travel without an escort. Please be careful in the future."[/color] Mako paused, before leaning closer and staring right into Circe's eyes with a stare that'd make the girl's hackles rise. [color=d1aaf7]"That's an interesting book you're reading."[/color] she merely stated, before standing up straight and walking back to Lilac. [color=d1aaf7]"And now, young faun, Im afraid I must take my leave. You'll be okay here, right?"[/color]


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