Jinny was surprised. She figured kids in a villain school would be a lot more wary of strangers. Especially revenge bound strangers. Either she was a better liar than she thought, or Baran didn’t care about the info he spilled. In any case, she’d just picked up vital info. Now she knew where to find Gizmo when he slept, and she now knew to prepare for a defense system of some kind. And she hadn’t even had to try!

“Math is first. They stuck me in geometry but I’m [i]so[/i] past that. It’s so boring – I’m going to have to test high to get out of it.” 

“Algebra 2 is pretty cool stuff. Polynomials and quadratics are the building blocks to the really good shit-” She paused, noting the grimace on Balan’s face. She was getting distracted and reined herself in. “Anyway, what I meant to say was, I’m trying to get into that class. If I get in and you want help, I’m sure we can work out a trade or something. Especially if you’re good with English.” Now it was her turn to make a face. “I kinda hate it.” Even though he was older, maybe he’d be cool about having a small friend. If Gizmo was any indication, perhaps he already was.

After emptying her tray down to crumbs and an errant banana peel, Jinny grinned upward. “Anyway, it was cool to meet you, Mammoth. Tell Gizmo I said hi.” She got up, dumped her tray, and consulted her campus map and her course schedule.

1st Math
2nd English
3rd Power Control
4th Open
Lunch
5th Stealth
6th Weapons
7th Open
8th Spying

Most of the “normal” courses were above ground. Math was one of them, so she headed outside. Even though it was still early, it was shaping up to be a nice day.