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Alistair was silent throughout the speech, watching and listening attently. The first thing he did when the curtains went up was to make note of the faculty currently on-stage, the doctor in particular. Always best to know who the doctor was. Though he notced that one of rge faculty was a faunus, it wasn't all that surprising; Beacon did have one of the highest faunus to human population ratios, after all.

What was most fascinating, however, was the speech. The headmaster started out slowly, hesitantly, and he was clearly ill at ease. After the ffifth or so mistake, however, he burned the script, quite literally, and stepped away from the podium. A lot can be told about a person from how they behave when asked to speak, and Arrun was no different. Alistar could tell from his seemigly habitual pacing that he was a man of action, more accustomed to moving than speaking. The vibrancy in his speech after he tossed out the written speech was palpable, and his voice rang clearly. He seemed a natural leader, but he also seemed like he wasn't used to being headmaster. is beavior indicated a mind that far preferred clear, decisive action rather than the bureaucracy of his new job.

The speech was equally fascinating; What was said seemed simple, and truthfully, it was. It was something that anyone from Alistair's home could have told you. It wasn't enough to be talented, or to be able to do something well; You needed to do it. Potential didn't matter if you didn't use it. A dilgent commoner was worth two laz geniuses, because only the forer actually used what potential they had.

Nodding silently to himself, he stood when the speech ended, stretching slightly. Sounds like he'd be headed to Beacon Buffet. It was free, and really, free was what he could afford.

"Anyone want to go to the buffet?" He asked Sayuri and KK, though it occurred to him the instant that he said it hat expressing interest in the free meal wasn't doing much to counteract the image his ratty coat and eccentrc weapons were setting.