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[sageguidance]

wow how convenient that I already had this post made :^)

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[mustbepurged]

These brochures! Some of the places look familiar...

[She's holding one for what looks like a winter lodge.]

[sageguidance]

Is that so?

[ He comes over to take a better look. ]

... Well, I hadn't been expecting this, but I believe I do recognize one place.

[mustbepurged]

Which one?

[sageguidance]

[ he pulls out a brochure, holding up what has a school campus on it ]

If I recall correctly, this is likely Wiwaldi.

[mustbepurged]

The school...?

[She looks at it...]

... Oh! The school! That's where Rita was!

[sageguidance]

[ hold the funbus up ]

You—you know Rita?

[mustbepurged]

Yes! She's one of my best friends.

You met her?

[sageguidance]

[ wow... small world... ]

Oh, yes. 'Twas oft we spoke and worked closely together in our time there. This is... such a bizarre coincidence.

[mustbepurged]

Really!? So you were friends? That's great!

[sageguidance]

[ he smiles a little ]

Yes, I had considered her a friend. She's an intelligent one, and hardworking at that.

[mustbepurged]

That sounds like her!

Sieghart told me a little about her, too. I don't think she makes friends very easily, so I'm glad she was able to make some there...

[sageguidance]

She did well, from what I could witness. Next you see her, do tell her I said hello.

[mustbepurged]

I will. I bet she'll be really surprised!

[sageguidance]

No doubt about it! When you mentioned artes before, I had wondered if it were the same she told me of, but I would not have thought I would be hearing of it again from a friend of hers.

[mustbepurged]

Hehe. It really is a strange coincidence...

What was the school like? I heard people were grouped into dorms, each named after the seasons... That's about all I know.

[sageguidance]

It was...

A terrible parody of what a school actually is, truth be told. I certainly did not leave there a more enlightened man.

[mustbepurged]

Did you have classes to attend?

[sageguidance]

Unfortunately so—which I am typically not against, but when the topics are that inane...

[mustbepurged]

I've always thought going to school would be really fun... Was it that bad?

[sageguidance]

—Oh! You've never attended one?

[ oops... ]

[mustbepurged]

No, I always had private tutors. I never got to experience studying in a room with lots of people, making friends with classmates, that sort of thing. Did you? -- Before Wiwaldi, I mean.

[sageguidance]

[ estelle, you poor sweet bean ]

That I did. In my homeland of Sharlayan, there is a world renowned academy named the Studium, and 'twas there that I graduated from.

[mustbepurged]

Really? [Not just a school, but a world-renowned one?] What was it like?

[sageguidance]

It was many things—long days of studies surrounded by good people, most of all, all while being taught by some of the most brilliant minds in all the realm. I am both fortunate and grateful for my time there, and from how it sounds, I think you would greatly enjoy it there.

[mustbepurged]

I think so, too... It sounds wonderful.