[Dorm]

Lyle chuckles

Not so fast: you get most weekends to yourself, but sometimes you will get weekend duty.

He glances at his desk, where a small desk-calendar has Sunday this week circled

But sanctuary duty's more boring than hard, and I'm sure I can sneak off for your picnic.

Kartuk affirms his availability, and since Peng suggested it that's rather obvious.

Kartik's got this Sunday off too, so it's all good.



[School]

Jian closes her eyes and takes a deep breath

Kids in the Nexus...

Stubbornly forcing your language into Cheritanni is not going to help, little one: I can still understand you. You are not going to be able to get it into your hand until you learn how to control it, and you can't do that until after you learn to create it in the first place.

If you want a pretty, round, blue fire then you need to work at it. You can't skip right to the end!

Francois looks sullenly at her, then glances at Genji. He is the perfect picture of a scowly little child: both completely adorable and utterly exasperating.