Outside the dorms- Saturday morning

[notconflicted]

Sia was ready to write this last week off entirely. She didn't like feeling out of control of herself, she didn't like doing stupid things because of that (she didn't like doing stupid things, period), and she was more than ready to repress as necessary and move on

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[suited2conflict]

Years of training had given Syanna more than her fair share of poise. But out here, with none of her teachers - or her mother - watching, she felt free to shove her hands down her pockets and walk with just a little hint of a saunter.

Don't tell anyone.

So that was the way she was standing as she observed the girl who would become her mother, patiently waiting for the right moment.

Right... about--

"Here, boy."

[notconflicted]

And just like that, Vitor had a new friend! Or at least, he was really excited about meeting her, and trotted over to her as close as his leash would allow to say hi.

"He's a bit excitable," Sia said, a bit apologetically. She was still working on that with him, too.

[suited2conflict]

"It's okay," Syanna promised her. She offered Vitor one of her hands to smell. "I've met one of these before. Slightly bigger, actually."

[notconflicted]

"At least it hasn't seemed to give you a negative opinion," Sia said, watching Vitor sniff the girl's hands and making sure he didn't start jumping as his way to say hello. "I don't think I've seen you here before."