Daria didn't get much more out of the speech than the lady she served - her ears twitched constantly while they were in the crowd, trying to zero in on individual sounds as they appeared.  They listened briefly to the flutter of bug-like wings from a nearby tree.  They darted to hear a spark of electricity fly from an elemental.  They tried to identify a thousand sounds and the various threats and weren't successful at identifying every sound - or hearing the majority of the speech.

For a couple of seconds, Daria didn't respond as Eliyen kept glancing towards the stage in some hope of catching a glimpse of the secretary.  Daria's tail swished behind her aggressively as she folded her arms and looked away in an attempt to hide an emotion - whatever it was - that seemed to always well in her chest when Eliyen paid more attention to something more fluffy than herself.  [color=yellow]"Hmph.  I'm not exactly sure how you intend on graduating if you're chasing every fluffy pair of ears in sight - or how I can keep you safe.."[/color]

She supposed it was time to answer her owner's question though - she didn't want to be too harsh to her fragile mistress.  [color=yellow]"Didn't they give you some sort of handout?  We should probably go wherever that suggests, princess ... Seems like everyone is splitting up and out of here."[/color]  Daria tried to smile at Eliyen, but her eyes constantly darted around trying to search each person for any semblance of ill intent.

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