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[color=bc8dbf]“No, all good reasons, I promise. I try to stay aware of all my student’s progress to at least some degree and I check in with instructors regularly. Esi just likes to say more than others.”[/color] Ryner chuckled. [color=bc8dbf]“I want to make sure that my students are healthy, happy, and successful and while I am rarely permitted to intervene directly, I do have the power to make their class time as enjoyable as possible.”[/color]

Ryner’s smile dimmed into something sadder, quieter than usual. Her shoulders drooped and she sighed as Lilie inquired about the classes. [color=bc8dbf] “Lilie, you are more than capable. You’re a dedicated student, earnest and hard working, and I have no doubt you would have succeeded with flying colors in these classes. It isn’t your magic or your skills that made me deny your schedule.”[/color] Ryner spoke softly, an air of melancholy wrapping around her as she gently brushed some snow off Lilie. [color=bc8dbf] “While you are an accomplished student, you are still adjusting to this life. Before, you lived in the sun and your blood only spilled when you stumbled or cut yourself or any other number of mistakes. Now, you walk opposed to your old life, studying in moonlight and bleeding for a vampire you’ve just met. You’ve gone through more partners than anyone at this Academy―through no fault of your own, you understand―and you’re a primary affinity.”[/color] Blood welled up at the corners of Ryner’s eyes and she quickly wiped them away before they could fall.

[color=bc8dbf]“The first year I opened the Academy, I didn’t have these restrictions. I felt that a mage should be able to make that decision, never mind they’ve had their magic for all of six months and they’re adjusting to an entirely new lifestyle. And so Alision Xao, a promising and upcoming primary earth mage, took the hardest schedule we offered at the time.”[/color] Ryner laughed bitterly, a short, self deprecating sound. [color=bc8dbf] “I escorted her back home as a statue after her third day. I immediately halted any opportunity to do that but I realized it wasn’t fair that students who chose the Mental or Summoning programs got it automatically, after being thoroughly screened of course. If your affinity wasn’t a primary or you came from a mage family background, I could have supported that but Lilie, I’ve lived seven hundred years. I remember every student we’ve lost resonating and I see them in every promising, eager, bright eyes student, and I do not want to add you to that list.”[/color] Ryner reached out, gently cupping Lilie’s cheek with an encouraging smile. [color=bc8dbf]“I will always have your best interests at heart, Lilie, always. You have the potential to go so far; I can’t wait to see how far your soar but you have to walk a little longer first.”[/color]

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