After that, the topic shifted to his choice of mentor (or rather, the fact that he wasn’t allowed to choose one) and his choice of electives. Since he had pretty much tried out every elective he was even remotely interested in by now, his choices had become pretty constant at this point: botany, astronomy, and human anatomy. He chose them solely because he knew for a fact that the teachers of those particular subjects didn’t care in the slightest if he chose not to come to class and because Akoja wouldn’t choose any of them as her electives—and thus wasn’t aware he was skipping them.
The moment Ilsa left, Kirielle came barreling down the stairs like a herd of elephants, ignoring Mother’s admonishments about running inside the house. No doubt she had finished packing a while ago and had b
