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Max quirked a brow as Varis regained control of the classroom, interest piqued more by the man teaching the class himself rather than the topic at hand. The Retriever's boytoy had asked a very dangerous question to anyone with even a modicum of critical thinking skill, and yet he was being rewarded for it rather than punished. This couldn't be an attempt to praise the Noilas' effectiveness at censoring information, as even bringing the topic up in the first place would contest that point. Likewise, if Count Cinnamon had merely been teaching information for the sake of covering the topic, he wouldn't be rewarding lines of inquiry like that, he'd simply be providing the information that was requested. He had a game here, if he was going to toe the line of high treason in a [i]freshman law course[/i] of all places. But that much was already known; vampires will be vampires, after all. 

The mage's interest faded at Varis' introduction of the oral argument topic. He didn't suppose 'let the leeches starve' was an acceptable response to the prompt. Arguing hypotheticals in a law class seemed rather pointless too; a solution had already been found and codified, and they were beholden to it whether they agreed or not. Maybe Cinnamon would give him bonus points if he brought that up, too bad the bell stopped him. If Max's suspicions were correct, a question asked in private wouldn't please Varis as much as one asked openly for all to hear. The politics of it all would be almost thrilling if not for how annoying it all was. 

As he went to continue his conversation with Aaron, he noticed the seat in front of him was empty, and Flower Boy had likewise vacated the area. His eyes trailed back toward the front, where the Retriever was- was he [i]kneeling[/i]? Must be standard Starag procedure to kiss the feet of any leech they cross paths with. How absolutely disgusting.

[color=8585AD]"Does he have [i]any[/i] shame?"[/color] Max chided out loud, mostly to himself, but Paleface was well within earshot. Even better if she heard; Retriever's lineage probably made him a role model for some of these mages, and the last thing humanity needed was more sycophants.

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