Nova snatched her arm and inclined in as they made a beeline for the houses. "What did that educator say to you? Your face just—" Her jaw went slack. Daisy turned away, attempting to conceal her demeanor; it was very embarrassing. "It's nothing." Nova tenderly held her back as the others vanished into the houses. "BS. What's going on?" Daisy recoiled intellectually—she ought to have realized Nova wouldn't drop it. "There are only a few educators at the school that disapproves of me, that's it in a nutshell." "Why?" Daisy lifted one hand in a got-me signal and attempted to grin as it didn't trouble her. "Something about how I shouldn't approach kids without going through similar conventions they did." "Yet, no doubt about it." Nova's tone was gnawing. "I think they simply loathe me s

