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Mr. Abadi, not Duke or Count, so it was a mage. Well, at least Aaron didn't seem too worried. But Lilie didn't know how she felt about Butler Aaron--at least that's what she called this persona in her head. Well, he was just doing his job, she couldn't really fault him for that. But she wished he would relax and talk to her! Oh well, that's what she got for hoping they'd get to spend a little time together. The Academy really liked to dangle things she wanted in front of her, didn't it?

Hm, maybe Lilie should have replied to Maddie's commentary--but honestly, she had no idea how to respond. Obviously it was some sort of small rebellion people felt like they could get away with, but she wasn't entirely sure that was the way to go about it. Not that she disagreed! If no one was going to do anything about it, it was nice to see that someone was doing something. But listening to Aaron's response and Salem having said what he said made it obvious that she couldn't really voice that opinion. The only person that would agree with her was someone she was barely on good terms with, but she also felt like he wouldn't exactly voice that.

And speaking of the guy, Max decided to ask if she had talked about him. How was she supposed to respond to that? 'No, you kinda made it clear we're not friends'? 'No, I don't talk about people who barely tolerate me'? 'No, you still kinda scare me and I don't want you to rip my earrings off because these things cost more than my parents' house'? She could say she only talked about her neighbors, but he'd probably call her out on copping out of an actual response.

Oh, whatever, he was gonna glare and scowl at her anyway. [color=deepskyblue]"Oh, no, you don't have to worry about that, I just talked about my friends,"[/color] It was much too late for Lilie to realize what she had said, and she immediately tried to play it off as best as she could manage. [color=deepskyblue]"Because you know, we're classmates. And I know you like your privacy. And...why ruin a good thing?"[/color] She finished off lamely with a tiny shrug, her hand occupied with her necklace.

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